California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Roder, 189 Cal.Rptr. 501, 33 Cal.3d 491, 658 P.2d 1302 (Cal. 1983):
6 Preliminarily, we reject the People's claim that Roder is barred from raising this contention under the "invited error" doctrine. (See, e.g., People v. Barraza (1979) 23 Cal.3d 675, 683-684, 153 Cal.Rptr. 459, 591 P.2d 947; People v. Graham (1969) 71 Cal.2d 303, 317-322, 78 Cal.Rptr. 217, 455 P.2d 153.) Although defendant did request an instruction which contained language similar to that given by the trial court, the instruction requested by the defense also contained an additional paragraph which would have given the defendant the benefit of a parallel, but opposite, presumption: "If, on the other hand, you find that a defendant bought property later determined to have been stolen, but made a reasonable inquiry that the person from whom such property was bought had a legal right to sell it, you shall presume that defendant did not have the knowledge of the property's stolen nature required for a conviction of 496 P.C." The trial court rejected the defendant's proposed instruction.
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