What is the test for instructing a jury to consider all applicable legal principles pertinent to a case?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Munster, D068629 (Cal. App. 2016):

jury all the applicable legal principles pertinent to a case. The trial court is not obligated to instruct the jury with the precise language requested by a party, even if the proposed instruction better states the rule. (People v. Williams (1980) 101 Cal.App.3d 711, 719.)

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