CALCRIM Revisions Effective October 1, 2021
October 12th, 2021
Effective 10/01/2021 CALCRIM revised instructions listed below. See https://jcc.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=9785541&GUID=96E612F7-0BC9-43FE-814D-86F615957765 Number Title 336 In-Custody Informant 417 Liability for Coconspirators’ Acts 582 Involuntary Manslaughter: Failure to Perform Legal Duty–Murder Not Charged 625 Voluntary Intoxication: Effects on Homicide Crimes 775 Death Penalty: Mental Retardation 840 […]
Tags: CC 1001, CC 1015, CC 1016, CC 1030, CC 1031, CC 1201, CC 1215, CC 1243, CC 1244, CC 1807, CC 1930, CC 2045, CC 2100, CC 2200, CC 2656, CC 3185, CC 336, CC 3411, CC 3451, CC 417, CC 582, CC 625, CC 775, CC 840, CC 852A
Mistake of Law as Defense Theory to Specific Intent Crime
October 4th, 2021
The court has a sua sponte duty to give CC 3411 if a defendant charged with a specific intent crime is appropriately relying on this defense or there is substantial evidence that a defendant’s good faith mistake of law provides a valid defense to a specific intent crime and the defense is not inconsistent with […]
Tags: CC 3407, CC 3411, Defense Theory Instructions, Defense Theory: Mens Rea/Intent, Mistake of Law