Opinion ID: 2600609
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Heading: Unconstitutionality of Jury Instructions Assertedly Affecting the Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Standard

Text: Defendant contends that 12 standard CALJIC instructions violated defendant's right, under In re Winship (1970) 397 U.S. 358, 364 [90 S.Ct. 1068, 25 L.Ed.2d 368], not to be convicted of a crime on a standard of less than beyond a reasonable doubt. Defendant acknowledges we have previously rejected similar challenges to these instructions, but requests we change our position. We decline to do so and summarily reaffirm our previous holdings upholding the constitutionality of the following instructions: CALJIC Nos. 2.01, 2.02, 8.83, and 8.83.1 ( People v. Nakahara (2003) 30 Cal.4th 705, 713-714 [134 Cal.Rptr.2d 223, 68 P.3d 1190]; People v. Guerra, supra, 37 Cal.4th at pp. 1138-1139); CALJIC Nos. 1.00 and 2.51 ( People v. Guerra, supra, 37 Cal.4th at p. 1139); CALJIC No. 2.21.1 ( People v. Brasure (2008) 42 Cal.4th 1037, 1059, fn. 15 [71 Cal.Rptr.3d 675, 175 P.3d 632]); CALJIC Nos. 2.21.2, 2.22, 8.20 ( Nakahara, supra, 30 Cal.4th at pp. 714-715; People v. Guerra, supra, 37 Cal.4th at pp. 1138-1139); CALJIC No. 2.27 ( People v. Montiel (1993) 5 Cal.4th 877, 941 [21 Cal.Rptr.2d 705, 855 P.2d 1277]; People v. Turner (1990) 50 Cal.3d 668, 697 [268 Cal.Rptr. 706, 789 P.2d 887]); and CALJIC No. 2.03 ( People v. Stitely (2005) 35 Cal.4th 514, 555 [26 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 108 P.3d 182]).