How to instruct the jury that whenever a court states that the People must prove it beyond a reasonable doubt?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Schubert, B264627 (Cal. App. 2016):
Every appellate court that has considered this argument has rejected it. Instructing the jury that whenever the court states that the People must prove something the People must prove it beyond a reasonable doubt adequately informs the jury that the People must prove each element of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt. (See People v. Riley (2010) 185 Cal.App.4th
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