Is a jury allowed to retire to consider their verdict?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, C079097 (Cal. App. 2017):
trial court prejudicially erred in failing to sua sponte instruct the jury in accordance with the principles set forth in People v. Prunty (2015) 62 Cal.4th 59 (Prunty). We affirm.
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