Does the definition of a "special circumstance" need to be repeated?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Phillips, 222 Cal.Rptr. 127, 41 Cal.3d 29, 711 P.2d 423 (Cal. 1985):
11 It does not matter that these definitions were not repeated in connection with the special circumstance instructions. The jury was told to consider the instructions as a whole. (See People v. Shaw (1965) 237 Cal.App.2d 606, 623, 47 Cal.Rptr. 96.)
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