California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Johnson, 190 Cal.Rptr.3d 536, 353 P.3d 266, 61 Cal.4th 734 (Cal. 2015):
language because the standard instructions provide essentially similar advisements; moreover, some of the proposed instructional language erroneously would preclude a jury from having an emotional response, or is simply unnecessary to the jury's understanding of the case. (People v. Zamudio (2008) 43 Cal.4th 327, 369370, 75 Cal.Rptr.3d 289, 181 P.3d 105.)
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