CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 726
Special Circumstances: Murder of Judge, Prosecutor,
Government Official, or Juror (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(11), (12), (13)
& (20))
The defendant is charged with the special circumstance of murder of a
(prosecutor/judge/government official/juror) [in violation of Penal Code
section 190.2(a)].
To prove that this special circumstance is true, the People must prove
that:
1. The defendant intended to kill <insert name of
decedent>;
2. <insert name of decedent> was a (prosecutor/judge/
government official/juror in <insert name or
description of local, state, or federal court of record in this or
another state>);
AND
3. The defendant intended that <insert name of
decedent> be killed (to prevent (him/her) from performing (his/
her) official duties as a (prosecutor/judge/government official/
juror)/ [or] in retaliation for ’s <insert name[s] of
decedent[s]> performance of (his/her) official duties as a
(prosecutor/judge/government official/juror)).
[(A/An) <insert title of government offıcial’s position> is an
(elected/appointed) government official.]
New January 2006
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2019
- Content hash
735cd84c8a22fd48768468280e45c5ac91c00d8ffd3747e8a04f2dc5adcedfd0
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