California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Campbell, 182 Cal.Rptr.3d 491, 233 Cal.App.4th 148 (Cal. App. 2015):
We apply the independent or de novo standard of review to the failure by the trial court to instruct on an assertedly lesser included offense. [Citation.] (People v. Licas (2007) 41 Cal.4th 362, 366, 60 Cal.Rptr.3d 31, 159 P.3d 507.)
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