California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Woods, E053768 (Cal. App. 2012):
crime charged is unmistakably expressed. [Citation.]" [Citation.]' [Citation.] '[T]echnical defects in a verdict may be disregarded if the jury's intent to convict of a specified offense within the charges is unmistakably clear, and the accused's substantial rights suffered no prejudice. [Citations.]' [Citations.] '"There are innumerable authorities which declare that the form of the verdict is immaterial if the intention to convict of the crime charged is unmistakably expressed. [Citations.]" [Citations.]'" (People v. Camacho (2009) 171 Cal.App.4th 1269, 1272-1273, fn. omitted.)
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