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PEOPLE v. ARANDA

No. S188204.

55 Cal.4th 342 (2012)

145 Cal. Rptr. 3d 855

283 P.3d 632

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ANTHONY ARANDA, JR., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 27, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Capriola , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons and Julie L. Garland , Assistant Attorneys General, Pamela Ratner Sobeck , Raymond M. DiGuiseppe , Steven T. Oetting and Tami Falkenstein Hennick , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

CANTIL-SAKAUYE, C. J. —

It is a fundamental precept of our criminal justice system that before a jury may convict a defendant of a criminal offense, it must find that the prosecution has proved all elements of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt. State law and the federal Constitution require the trial court to instruct with regard to this fundamental principle when it advises the jurors of the applicable rules of law that govern...

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