CALCRIM No. 205. Charge Removed From Jury Consideration
Judicial Council of California Criminal Jury Instructions (2024 edition)
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Count[s] charging the defendant with <insert
name[s] of offense[s]> no longer need[s] to be decided in this case.
Do not speculate about or consider in any way why you no longer need
to decide (this/these) count[s].
New January 2006
BENCH NOTES
Instructional Duty
The court may give this instruction if one or more of the original counts has been
removed from the case, whether through plea or dismissal.
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