California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Quarles, G037509 (Cal. App. 1/31/2008), G037509 (Cal. App. 2008):
Moreover, the court offered to admonish the jury but defense counsel declined. An admonition would have been sufficient to prevent the jury from speculating about what the term meant. (See People v. Hines (1997) 15 Cal.4th 997, 1038.) Thus, the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it denied defendant's motion for a mistrial.
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