California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williamson, 153 Cal.Rptr. 48, 90 Cal.App.3d 164 (Cal. App. 1979):
At the conclusion of a trial, the court must announce its findings on the issues of fact "which shall be in substantially the form prescribed for the general verdict of a jury and shall be entered upon the minutes." (Pen.Code, 1167; People v. Flores, 12 Cal.3d 85, 94, 115 Cal.Rptr. 225, 524 P.2d 353.)
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