Section 1126 Of Chapter 2. The Trial From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.

. In a trial for any offense, questions of law are to be decided by the court, and questions of fact by the jury. Although the jury has the power to find a general verdict, which includes questions of law as well as of fact, they are bound, nevertheless, to receive as law what is laid down as such by the court.