93 Cal. 518
Decided March 3, 1892
California Supreme Court · decided 1892-03-03
<p>Criminal Law—Instruction not Requested—Reasonable Doubt.— The defendant in a criminal prosecution cannot object that the court failed to instruct the jury as to the definition of a reasonable doubt, where he has not asked for such an instruction.</p>
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Decided 1892-03-03
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently November 1945
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¶1Defendant was convicted of the crime of robbery, and appeals from the judgment and order denying his motion for a new trial.
¶2The evidence is sufficient to support the verdict, and we find no merit in the assignment of errors of law. If the defendant desired to have the jury instructed as to the definition of reasonable doubt, it was his duty to have asked for such instruction. (People v. Christensen, 85 Cal. 571.)
¶3Let the judgment and order be affirmed.