Can counsel suggest instructions that would amplify or modify the court's instruction to the jury?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brown, 202 Cal.Rptr.3d 95, 247 Cal.App.4th 211 (Cal. App. 2016):
forms, counsel may have been able to suggest instructions that would amplify, clarify, or modify the court's instruction to the jury. (People v. Bradford, supra, 154 Cal.App.4th at p. 1413, 65 Cal.Rptr.3d 548.) Or, counsel could have taken some other action.
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