Is a defendant's failure to request amplification of a statute defining a crime or defense sufficient to instruct a jury?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mosley, B255397 (Cal. App. 2015):
of a statute defining a crime or defense is generally an appropriate and desirable basis for an instruction, and is ordinarily sufficient when the defendant fails to request amplification. If the jury would have no difficulty in understanding the statute without guidance, the court need do no more than instruct in statutory language." (People v. Poggi (1988) 45 Cal.3d 306, 327.)
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