CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 3500
Unanimity
The defendant is charged with <insert description of alleged
offense> [in Count] [sometime during the period of
to][, and the court has also instructed you on the lesser
crime[s] of <insert description of lesser crime(s)>].
The People have presented evidence of more than one act to prove that
the defendant committed the charged offense [and the lesser crime[s]].
Y ou must not find the defendant guilty [of <insert
description of charged and lesser crimes requiring unanimity>] unless you
all agree that the People have proved that the defendant committed at
least one of these acts and you all agree on which act (he/she) committed.
New January 2006; Revised February 2025
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2025
- Content hash
1dc2d17fa5fd625a9962a521f983735ba4c4875626ac2979e59602080e5752ee
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