Does a judge have a duty to instruct a defendant not to enter into the trial of a motion without a written instruction?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Guzman, F069165 (Cal. App. 2016):
Marlow (2004) 34 Cal.4th 1, 62-63.) A trial court has no duty to give such an instruction absent a request, however. (People v. Griffin (1988) 46 Cal.3d 1011, 1026.)
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