California Court of Appeal

A trial court clearly erred in delivering an extemporaneous admonishment to jurors against jury nullification, which was both inaccurate and full of threats, but in the unique context of the circumstances such error was harmless.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/12/2002
• Published 06/12/2002

Judges

• JOHNSON, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Vanessa Place, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mary E. Sanchez, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Myung Park, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.