CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 734
Special Circumstances: Murder by Poison (Pen. Code,
§ 190.2(a)(19))
The defendant is charged with the special circumstance of murder by
poison [in violation of Penal Code section 190.2(a)(19)].
To prove that this special circumstance is true, the People must prove
that:
1. The defendant intended to kill <insert name of
decedent>;
AND
2. The defendant killed <insert name of decedent> by
the administration of poison.
[Poison is a substance, applied externally to the body or introduced into
the body, that can kill by its own inherent qualities.]
[<insert name of substance> is a poison.]
New January 2006
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2019
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0a3294d998651cfb5b00abd62902285c4c2515cccbeccabdbe6238bb7ca1cf62
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