What is the duty of a trial court to instruct a jury on the principles of law relevant to the issues raised by the jury?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lopez, B271516 (Cal. App. 2017):
The trial court has the duty to instruct the jury "'on the general principles of law relevant to the issues raised by the evidence.'" (People v. Smith (2013) 57 Cal.4th 232, 239.) The
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court "'has the correlative duty "to refrain from instructing on principles of law which not only are irrelevant to the issues raised by the evidence but also have the effect of confusing the jury or relieving it from making findings on relevant issues."'" (People v. Alexander (2010) 49 Cal.4th 846, 920.)
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