What are the right and the wrong instructions?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Harris, C072505 (Cal. App. 2014):
The two instructions in question correctly informed the jury of the relevant standards of proof, how and when to apply them, and how to use propensity evidence. We presume the jury followed these instructions. (People v. Holt (1997) 15 Cal.4th 619, 662.) In the context of this case, two right instructions do not combine to create a wrong one.
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