California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Becerrada, 2 Cal.5th 1009, 216 Cal.Rptr.3d 662, 393 P.3d 114 (Cal. 2017):
(People v. Cooper (1991) 53 Cal.3d 771, 840-841, 281 Cal.Rptr. 90, 809 P.2d 865.) The trial court should not, however, instruct the jury regarding any nonviolent crime. (Id . at p. 841, 281 Cal.Rptr. 90, 809 P.2d 865.) With one possible exception, the court did not do so. Moreover, the court specifically prohibited the jury from considering in aggravation any criminal act not listed.
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