CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 1861
Jury Does Not Need to Agree on Form of Theft
The defendant is charged [in Count] with theft.
The defendant has been prosecuted for theft under (two/ <insert
number>) theories: <insert theories, e.g., theft by trick, theft
by larceny, etc.>.
Each theory of theft has different requirements, and I have instructed
you on (both/all).
Y ou may not find the defendant guilty of theft unless all of you agree
that the People have proved that the defendant committed theft under at
least one theory. But all of you do not have to agree on the same theory.
New January 2006
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2019
- Content hash
211f02c420ccd44dfe3725ad34dc030f6b654b895c14b617c3fc1ff81d2821d6
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