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Criminal

May 8, 2015

Appellate panel split on jury instructions in murder

In a 2-1 opinion, the 4th District said a lower court erred in denying jurors instructions on the different states of unconsciousness in an Orange County woman's murder trial.


By Kibkabe Araya


Daily Journal Staff Writer


An appellate court ruled in a split decision Tuesday that a lower court erred in denying
jurors instructions on the different states of unconsciousness in an Orange County
woman's murder trial, with majority finding the error harmless to the case.


The 4th District Court of Appeal Division 3 justices William F. Rylaarsdam...

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