What are the elements and what is the effect of the instruction that contained the elements?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Silva, F064330 (Cal. App. 2014):

number of the instruction that contained the elements, its reference to "the four elements required" advised jurors of what they should go back and consider again. Nothing in the record suggests jurors remained confused after following the court's direction or could not find the information to which the court referred them, or that the trial court's response somehow discouraged them from asking additional questions if they had any. (See Weeks v. Angelone (2000) 528 U.S. 225, 234; People v. Beardslee, supra, 53 Cal.3d at pp. 96, 98.)

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