When will a jury accept that there were two acts of false imprisonment and each defendant committed one of the two acts?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Chavez, B280080, c/w B281289 (Cal. App. 2019):
As the People concede, the prosecutor did inform the jury that there were two acts of false imprisonment and the jury was required to unanimously agree that each defendant committed one of the two acts. But, as set forth above, defendants' trial counsel should have lodged an objection and/or sought an admonition at the time. By failing to do so, defendants have
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forfeited this objection on appeal. (People v. Tully, supra, 54 Cal.4th at p. 1010.)
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