California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Dean, A142658 (Cal. App. 2016):
ones that I had decided appear to have some relevance to this case. Others were stricken, and they're just not there because it would be distracting to have umpteen pages of text messages that don't have anything to do with this case." Before it began deliberating, the court also instructed the jury that " '[e]vidence' is the sworn testimony of witnesses, the exhibits admitted into evidence, and anything else I told you to consider as evidence." We presume the jury followed these instructions. (See People v. Boyette (2002) 29 Cal.4th 381, 436 ["trial court properly instructed the jury on the law, and we presume the jury followed those instructions"].)
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