What is critical to a jury's understanding of sentencing?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brooks, 219 Cal.Rptr.3d 331, 3 Cal.5th 1, 396 P.3d 480 (Cal. 2017):
characterizes as "critical" to the jury's understanding of its sentencing discretion, we have rejected claims similar to the one defendant raises here. For example, in People v. Butler, supra, 46 Cal.4th 847, 95 Cal.Rptr.3d 376, 209 P.3d 596, this court
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