California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lopez, 56 Cal.App.4th 762, 65 Cal.Rptr.2d 827 (Cal. App. 1997):
6 When a crime does not qualify as a lesser included offense because all of its elements are not subsumed within the elements of the charged crime or the charging allegations, it may still be a lesser related offense of the charged crime. When an offense "is closely related to that charged and the evidence provides a basis for finding the defendant guilty of the lesser but innocent of the charged offense," the offense is deemed to be "lesser related," and on a defendant's request, a trial court must instruct the jury on the lesser related offense. (People v. Toro (1989) 47 Cal.3d 966, 974, 254 Cal.Rptr. 811, 766 P.2d 577.)
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