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 FALL 2012 FORECITE NEWSLETTER
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 Fall 2012 FORECITE Newsletter
Table of Contents

 PRACTICE GUIDE 

PG V(A)(6) Duty To Instruct On Defenses
(1)        Court Must Instruct Sua Sponte On Defense Supported By                Substantial Evidence And Consistent With Defendant’s Theory
(2)          Duty To Instruct On Inconsistent Defenses
(3)          Basic Principles: Defenses And Defense Theories
PG V(C) Correction Of Defects
PG V(I)(B)(7) Jurors May Follow Oral Instructions: Not Instructed That Written Instructions Control
PG V(L) Polling Of Jury Following Verdict
PG VI(E)(1) Using A Mantra Motion To Preserve Without The Need Of Restating The Federal Constitutional Grounds Over And Over
PG IX(N)

Verdict

PG IX(N)(1) Polling Of Jury
PG IX(N)(2) Rendering Of Verdict
PG X(B)(3.1) Standard Of Prejudice When Instructions Include Legally Incorrect Theory
PG X(C)(1)(b)

Removal Of A Single Element

CHK III(D) Technical Terms: Checklist
LIO II(G) Appellate Court May Reduce Charge To Lesser Included To Which Defense Successfully Objected Below
LIO III(A) Whether An Attempt Is Always A Lesser Included Of The Completed Offense

 CALCRIM 

F 101.1 Inst 1 Reference To Juror By Number Without Showing Of Good Cause Under CCP 237 (Los Angeles County Procedure)
F 101.1 Inst 2 Reference To Juror By Number Based On Showing Of Good Cause Under CCP 237
F 101.4 Inst 2

It Is Unnecessary And Potentially Harmful To Explain Why The Judge’s Admonition Should Be Obeyed

F 101 Note 6 Jury Should Not Be Permitted To Retain Electronic Communication Devices During Trial
F 104.1 Inst 7 Jurors To Disregard Non-Testifying Defendant’s Courtroom Appearance, Conduct And Demeanor
F 124 Inst 2 Modification Of Standard Admonition For Use In Death Penalty Cases
F 204 Note 18 Shackling Of Defense Witness
F 303 Inst 7 Questions Posed By Police Officers Are Not Evidence
F 351 Note 3 Cautionary Instruction Should Be Timely And Should Remind The Jurors Of Their Ultimate Responsibility To Decide The Case
F 351 Note 4 Strategy Note: Develop The Factual Basis For The Character Witness’s Testimony
F 351 Note 5 Propriety Of Guilt Assuming Hypothetical Questions
F 358 Inst 17 Questions Posed By Police Officers Are Not Evidence
F 372.4 Inst 1 (a-d) Absence Of Flight
F 401.6 Inst 17 Buyer-Seller Transaction Insufficient To Establish Aiding And Abetting
F 416.3 Inst 4 Improper Argumentative And Duplicative Reference To Matters Which The Prosecution Does "Not Have To Prove"
F 730.2 Inst 7 (a & b) Felony Murder Special Circumstance: Green Pinpoint Instruction
F 760.2 Inst 2 Modification Of Standard Admonition For Use In Death Penalty Cases
F 763.3 (Factor a) Inst 11 Lingering Doubt As To Extent Of Defendant’s Guilt
F 820.5 Inst 3 (a, b & c) Assault On Child Under 8 Resulting In Death (PC 273ab): Objective Reasonable Person Standard
F 1603 Note 1 Temporary Safety Rule When Property Is Not Being Carried
F 1700 Note 4 Burglary: Entry Of Multiple Rooms (PC 459)
F 2304.1 Inst 2 Delete The Term “Simple”
F 3406 Inst 1 Mistake Of Fact: Modification Of Burden Shifting Language
F 3406 Inst 2 (a & b) Bigamy: Mistake Of Fact As Defense (PC 281)
F 3406 Note 5 Mistake Of Fact As To Specific Intent Or Mens Rea Need Not Be Reasonable
F 3517 Inst 3 Jury Should Be Instructed Upon Partial Verdict

 CALJIC 

F 0.50b Reference To Juror By Number Without Showing Of Good Cause Under CCP 237 (Los Angeles County Procedure)
F 0.50c Reference To Juror By Number Based On Showing Of Good Cause Under CCP 237
F 2.52h Absence Of Flight
F 8.85 Inst 10 Lingering Doubt As To Extent Of Defendant’s Guilt

 

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