What is the standard for determining whether there is cause of cause of confusion in a jury trial?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. VALENCIA, B221071, No. PA061180 (Cal. App. 2011):

reasonable doubt standard. Additionally, the trial court gave the jury a limiting instruction, stating that it should consider appellant's nickname only on the issue of identification. We presume that the jury followed the instruction. (People v. Brady (2010) 50 Cal.4th 547, 574, fn. 12.)

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