What are the consequences of a failure to give defendants additional and/or clarifying instructions on the legal elements of a section 246 offence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cater, A146678 (Cal. App. 2019):
We conclude the failure to give defendants' proposed additional and/or clarifying instructions on the legal elements of a section 246 offense, even if considered error, was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. (See People v. Peau (2015) 236 Cal.App.4th 823, 830-831.)
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