· CA legislature · 20252026

Jury instructions: lesser related offenses.

Existing law authorizes the finder of fact in a criminal prosecution to find the defendant guilty of an offense that is necessarily included in the charged offense. Case law requires the trial court to instruct the jury that it must find the defendant guilty of a necessarily included offense if there is substantial…

Sponsor

Anna Caballero (D-CA)

Introduced

2026-02-18

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Latest action

Read second time. Ordered to third reading.