BENCH NOTES

Instructional Duty

The court has no sua sponte duty to give an admonition limiting consideration of evidence; however, it must be given on request. (Evid. Code, § 355; People v. Simms (1970) 10 Cal.App.3d 299, 311 [89 Cal.Rptr. 1].)

AUTHORITY

• Instructional Requirements. Evid. Code, § 355; People v. Simms (1970) 10 Cal.App.3d 299, 311 [89 Cal.Rptr. 1].

Secondary Sources

1 Witkin, California Evidence (4th ed. 2000) Circumstantial Evidence, §§ 30, 31, 35.

4 Millman, Sevilla & Tarlow, California Criminal Defense Practice, Ch. 83, Evidence, § 83 .04[3], Ch. 85, Submission to Jury and Verdict, § 85 .02[2] [b] (Matthew Bender).

RELATED ISSUES

Timing of Instruction

The court has discretion to give limiting instructions at the time the evidence is admitted or at the close of evidence. (People v. Dennis (1998) 17 Cal.4th 468, 533–534 [71 Cal.Rptr.2d 680, 950 P.2d 1035] [giving limiting instruction regarding use of defendant’s statements to psychiatrist at close of all evidence did not result in error].)

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