What is the test for a jury to determine the meaning of a word in a text message?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Harris, C051904 (Cal. App. 10/1/2007), C051904 (Cal. App. 2007):
Defendant finely parses the words and thereby fails to defer to the jury, which could consider the relationship of the parties and all of the circumstances surrounding the words, and all of the reasonable inferences flowing therefrom, in order to interpret their meaning and defendant's intention. (See People v. Mendoza (1997) 59 Cal.App.4th 1333, 1340; People v. Ford (1983) 145 Cal.App.3d 985, 988.)
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