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PG II(G) Court Must Exercise Care In Defining Elements.
In explaining or defining a term — which is an element of the offense — the trial court “must exercise care.” The “law fact distinction” is “elusive and easily breached.” (People v. Snead (93) 20 CA4th 1088, 1095 [24 CR2d 922].)
[See also FORECITE BIBLIO, “Language/Drafting of Instructions” (BIBLIO L)]