Title: P. v. Russell

State: california

Issuer: California Supreme Court

Document:

Filed 12/21/10 
 
 
 
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 
 
THE PEOPLE, 
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Plaintiff and Respondent, 
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S075875 
 
v. 
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TIMOTHY RUSSELL, 
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Riverside County 
 
Defendant and Appellant. 
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Super. Ct. No. RIF72974 
 
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THE COURT: 
MODIFICATION OF OPINION 
 
 
The opinion in this case, filed on November 15, 2010 and appearing at 50 
Cal.4th 1228, is modified as follows: 
 
On page 1268,  last paragraph on the page, the first sentence is modifed to 
read:  “Even if the trial court’s failure to provide sua sponte a Robertson instruction 
constituted error, any error was harmless because it is not possibly probable that 
providing the omitted instruction would have altered the verdict.” The last sentence of 
that same paragraph, on page 1269, is modified to read:  “Accordingly, we conclude 
that the court’s error, if any, in failing to instruct the jury pursuant to People 
v. Robertson was harmless because it is not possibly probable that the verdict would 
have been different.” 
 
This modification does not affect the judgment.