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CALCRIM No. 706

Special Circumstances: Jury May Not Consider Punishment

activein force · 2019-01-01 – presentcompiled-edition

In your deliberations, you may not consider or discuss penalty or

punishment in any way when deciding whether a special circumstance,

or any other charge, has been proved.

New January 2006

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courts.ca.gov
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
calcrim-2019
Content hash
d9d2dadde1622a07f03327121110f489bdb67717f7f4f7bf433acf96c2be7c5a
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