In charging a jury, the court may read to the jury Section 1096, and no further instruction on the subject of the presumption of innocence or defining reasonable doubt need be given.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 46, Sec. 2. Effective July 3, 1995.)
Penal Code § 1096a, under The Trial.
Penal Code § 1096a
In charging a jury, the court may read to the jury Section 1096, and no further instruction on the subject of the presumption of innocence or defining reasonable doubt need be given.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 46, Sec. 2. Effective July 3, 1995.)