California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Castillo, B259049 (Cal. App. 2016):
An appellate court reviews instructional error such as this independently, since the underlying question is one of law. (People v. Alvarez (1996) 14 Cal.4th 155, 217.)
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