PEOPLE v. ODELL
Use of CALCRIM No. 376, instructing jury on possession of recently stolen property as evidence of a crime, does not violate Sixth Amendment right to have each element of the charged offense proved beyond a reasonable doubt or violate Fourteenth Amendment right to due process of law. The instruction does not shift the burden of proof to defendant nor does it permit jury to disregard defense evidence of innocent possession or to draw impermissible inference of guilt without sufficient basis in fact.
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