California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rodriguez, B288312 (Cal. App. 2019):
This court reviews "de novo a trial court's failure to instruct on a lesser included offense [citation], and in doing so . . . view[s] the evidence in the light most favorable to the defendant." (People v. Millbrook (2014) 222 Cal.App.4th 1122, 1137 (Millbrook).)
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