Opinion ID: 1249738
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Heading: Evidence Regarding the Stabbing of Inmate Lynch.

Text: In 1977 defendant was charged with violating section 4500 (assault by a life prisoner likely to produce great bodily injury) for allegedly having stabbed Lynch. He pleaded not guilty, later withdrawing the plea and pleading guilty to possession of a concealed weapon (§ 12021). (45) Defendant contends the court erred in failing to instruct the jury it must find beyond a reasonable doubt that he stabbed Lynch. But the record reveals that defendant waived the right, and defendant does not argue the waiver was ineffective. There remains the question whether, as defendant also argues, the statute of limitations or prohibitions against double jeopardy or the relitigation of adjudicated facts barred evidence of the stabbing. We have held they do not. ( People v. Douglas (1990) 50 Cal.3d 468, 528-530 [268 Cal. Rptr. 126, 788 P.2d 640].)