Is there any instructional error in general criminal intent instruction used by the trial court to include counts 4 and 7 in the General Criminal intent instruction?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Wallis, H044215 (Cal. App. 2018):
Even assuming the trial court erred by including counts 4 and 7 in the general criminal intent instruction, any instructional error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt in light of the jury instructions given on the elements of child endangerment, which properly informed the jury that it could not convict defendant unless it found he was criminally negligent. (See Chapman v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 18, 24.)
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