Tag Archives: CC 582


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 […]


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The Huge Impact of A Tiny Two-Letter Word
October 15th, 2020

In this March 10, 2020 post FORECITE discussed the CALCRIM instructions which define great bodily injury as a “significant or substantial physical injury … that is greater than minor or moderate harm.” The post suggested, in reliance on People v. Medellin (2020) 45 Cal.App.5th 519, 533- 535 that — as argued by the prosecutor in […]


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Involuntary Manslaughter: Existence of Legal Duty As Jury Question
August 10th, 2015

The Bench Notes state that the determination of whether a defendant has a legal duty is one to be decided by the judge, not the jury. However, this conclusion violates United States Supreme Court precedents which require that every element of an enhancement must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt and found true by a […]


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