CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 750
Special Circumstances: Prior Murder Conviction (Pen. Code,
§ 190.2(a)(2))—Trial on Prior Murder (Pen. Code, § 190.1(a) & (b))
The defendant is charged with the special circumstance of having been
convicted previously of murder. Y ou must now decide if the People have
proved that this special circumstance is true.
To prove that this special circumstance is true, the People must prove
that the defendant was convicted previously of murder in the (first/
second) degree.
[A conviction of <insert name of offense from other state> is
the same as a conviction for (first/second) degree murder.]
[In deciding whether the People have proved this special circumstance,
consider only the evidence presented in this proceeding. Do not consider
your verdict or any evidence from the earlier part of the trial.]
[Y ou may not return a finding that this special circumstance has or has
not been proved unless all 12 of you agree on that finding.]
New January 2006
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- calcrim-2019
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