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Featuring: Honorable Laura Hammes, Honorable Michael Orfield, Elaine Alexander, Esq., Peter Hughes, esq., Alex
Landon, esq., Wendy Patrick Mazzarella, Esq., Patricia Robinson, Esq., Tracy Rogers, Esq.
First Speaker:
Wendy Patrick Mazzarella(overview), deputy district attorney
Second Speaker:
Tracy Rogers(prosecution perspective), deputy city attorney, criminal division.
Message: Jury instructions are here to stay, read them aloud to yourself before you use them in trial.
Third Speaker:
Alex Landon(defense perspective)
Rule 855: CALCRIM open to challenge- CALJIC approved by courts are still valid.
Fourth Speaker:
Laura Hammes(judicial perspective)
New instructions are, by and large, great.
Legal Research Topic: Comparison of Placement of Word "Unlawfully" in Old 8.11 Caljic and NEW 520 Calcrim
Fifth Speaker:
Elaine Alexander(appellate defenders, inc.)
Jury Instructions are not the law! Courts are the law! Challenge the new instructions because they are not
tested.
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