What is the test for whether a jury has been instructed correctly?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Wiley, A129166 (Cal. App. 2012):
Whether a jury has been correctly instructed depends upon the entire charge of the court (People v. Rhodes (1971) 21 Cal.App.3d 10, 20), and jurors are presumed to be intelligent persons capable of understanding and correlating jury instructions (People v. Yoder (1979) 100 Cal.App.3d 333, 338).
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