Opinion ID: 1350499
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Prior-murder-conviction Special Circumstance

Text: (7) Defendant contends that the prior-murder-conviction special-circumstance finding must be vacated on the ground that this special circumstance requires the commission of and conviction for a murder antedating the commission of the present capital offense  a situation not present here. We rejected this very point in People v. Hendricks (1987) 43 Cal.3d 584, 595-596 [238 Cal. Rptr. 66, 737 P.2d 1350].
(8) Defendant contends that the prior-murder-conviction special-circumstance finding must be vacated on the ground that intent to kill is an element of this special circumstance, but was not instructed on by the court or found by the jury. We rejected this point as well in People v. Hendricks, supra, 43 Cal.3d at page 596.