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 HOMICIDE
K. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
(ii) Special Circumstances


 




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CALCRIM
Volume I
HOMICIDE
Series 700
K. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
(ii) Special Circumstances

CALCRIM 726.

 

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

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BENCH NOTES

Instructional Duty

The court has a sua sponte duty to instruct on the elements of the special circumstance. (See People v. Williams (1997) 16 Cal.4th 635, 689 [66 Cal.Rptr.2d 573, 941 P.2d 752].)

The jury must determine whether the decedent is a prosecutor, judge, juror, or government official. (People v. Brown (1988) 46 Cal.3d 432, 444–445 [250 Cal.Rptr. 604, 758 P.2d 1135].) The court may instruct the jury on the appropriate definition of “government official” (e.g., “a Garden Grove



 


 


 

 

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