What is the reasonable person standard?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Smith, D065611 (Cal. App. 2014):

references to other instructions that discuss the reasonable person standard. In short, unlike the response considered by the court in People v. Ross, the trial court's response here was both responsive and accurate.

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