Opinion ID: 2512108
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Heading: Instructions assertedly affecting reasonable doubt standard.

Text: Defendant urges that a series of standard instructions given by the trial court unconstitutionally diluted the prosecution's burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. As defendant acknowledges, we have rejected similar arguments as to all the instructions he cites: CALJIC Nos. 1.00, 2.01, 2.02, 2.21.2, 2.22, 2.27, 2.51, 2.90, 8.20, 8.83, and 8.83.1. (E.g., Friend, supra, 47 Cal.4th 1, 53; People v. Whisenhunt, supra, 44 Cal.4th 174, 221; People v. Guerra (2006) 37 Cal.4th 1067, 1138-1139 [40 Cal.Rptr.3d 118, 129 P.3d 321] ( Guerra ); Nakahara, supra, 30 Cal.4th 705, 713-715; People v. Catlin (2001) 26 Cal.4th 81, 148, 151 [109 Cal.Rptr.2d 31, 26 P.3d 357]; People v. Montiel (1993) 5 Cal.4th 877, 941 [21 Cal.Rptr.2d 705, 855 P.2d 1277].) He asks us to reconsider our conclusions, but we decline to do so.