In this case we consider whether trial courts should advise juries in the terms of CALJIC No. 17.41.1, a recently drafted pattern jury instruction given in criminal cases. This instruction informs jurors at the outset of jury deliberations that "should ... any juror refuse[] to deliberate or express[ ] an intention to disregard the law or to decide the case based on penalty or punishment, or any other...
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