California Court of Appeal

Failure to instruct the jury with the elements of robbery violated defendant's right to have the jury find beyond a reasonable doubt every element of the crime as required by the due process clause of the constitution. This error is subject to the harmless error analysis of Chapman v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 18.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/20/2003
• Published 03/20/2003

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Jerome P. Wallingford, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, J. Robert Jibson and Judy Kaida, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.