People v. Brigham

*285Opinion

BIRD, C. J.

This court must decide (1) whether a litigant has a right to oral argument on appeal, and (2) whether an instruction embodying former CALJIC No. 22 (rev.) may be properly given in a trial.

I

This appeal is from a conviction for two counts of robbeiy (Pen. Code, § 211) and one count of attempted robbery (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 211). Only one issue was raised in the Court of Appeal in appellant’s brief. He claimed the court had erred in giving former CALJIC No. 22 (rev.) along with the standard instruction defining proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” (former CALJIC No. 2.90 (3d ed.…