Does the Attorney General have any authority or authority to use the word "likelihood" or "risk" in the meaning of the entire charge?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Zepeda, G050810 (Cal. App. 2016):
The Attorney General concedes "likelihood" and "risk" have different meanings but asserts the correctness of jury instructions must be determined based on the entire charge. (People v. Solomon (2010) 49 Cal.4th 792, 822 [correctness of jury instructions determined from entire charge and not from consideration of parts of an instruction].)
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