Criminal Trials:
- Open CALCRIM California Jury Instructions for Criminal Cases
- Users guide for CALCRIM
- Look at "Table of Contents" to find your broad legal issue (ex. controlled substances, weapons, etc.).
- Go to the Series number for that larger issue (ex. SERIES 1600 ROBBERY AND CARJACKING).
- From the general legal issue, you can find a jury instruction on a specific issue (ex. 1650. Carjacking (Pen. Code, § 215)).
- Read the jury instruction and Sources of Authority for that issue. (Currently on pg. 1111-1113 of CALCRIM)
- Sources of Authority provide references and quotes from cases that discuss that particular legal issue.
- Use the citation from Sources of Authority to find the case in the California Court Opinions or WestLaw.