Opinion ID: 2594480
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Heading: Agreement as to aggravating factors

Text: Defendant argues the trial court should have instructed the jury that it had to reach a unanimous agreement as to the existence of a particular aggravating factor before it could take that aggravating factor into consideration. We have held that this instruction is not necessary in light of other instructions that ensure reliability of the death verdict. (See, e.g., Prieto, supra, 30 Cal.4th at p. 275, 133 Cal.Rptr.2d 18, 66 P.3d 1123; People v. Coddington (2000) 23 Cal.4th 529, 641-642, 97 Cal. Rptr.2d 528, 2 P.3d 1081.)