Does the jury's decision to acquit Wash of burglary and dissuading a witness mean that the jury did not categorically accept all of the prosecution's evidence and reject all the defense evidence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Wash, B276910 (Cal. App. 2018):
7. Wash notes that the jury's decision to acquit him of burglary and dissuading a witness means that the jury did not categorically accept all of the prosecution's evidence and reject all the defense evidence. This may be so but on appeal we ask only whether substantial evidence supported the omitted instruction. (People v. Watson, supra, 22 Cal.4th at p. 222.)
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