Does an instruction allowing the jury to credit or reject an inference "based on its evaluation of the evidence" relieve the People's burden of establishing guilt beyond a reasonable doubt?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Morales, F073064 (Cal. App. 2018):
An instruction permitting the jury to credit or reject an inference "based on its evaluation of the evidence . . . does not relieve the People of any burden of establishing guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." (People v. Anderson (1989) 210 Cal.App.3d 414, 427-430.) However, "[t]he due process clauses of the federal Constitution . . . require a
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