Opinion ID: 1399255
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Heading: Miscellaneous Instructional Contentions

Text: We reiterate the following holdings: (a) The court need not instruct the jury it could consider other crimes evidence only if it unanimously found such crimes had been proved beyond a reasonable doubt. ( People v. Gordon, supra, 50 Cal.3d at p. 1273; People v. Miranda (1987) 44 Cal.3d 57, 99 [241 Cal. Rptr. 594, 744 P.2d 1127].) (b) The instructions on the deliberative process approved in People v. Brown, supra, 40 Cal.3d at page 545, footnote 19, are constitutional. ( People v. Nicolaus, supra, 54 Cal.3d at pp. 590-591, and cases cited therein; People v. Duncan, supra, 53 Cal.3d at pp. 978-979.) (c) The court need not instruct the jury that it could return a verdict of death only if it were persuaded beyond a reasonable doubt (i) of the existence of each aggravating factor, (ii) that the aggravating factors outweighed the mitigating factors, and (iii) that death was the appropriate penalty. ( People v. Marshall (1990) 50 Cal.3d 907, 935-936 [269 Cal. Rptr. 269, 790 P.2d 676].) (d) The court need not require a written statement from the jury detailing the evidence upon which it relied and the reasons for imposing the death penalty. ( People v. Kelly (1990) 51 Cal.3d 931, 970 [275 Cal. Rptr. 160, 800 P.2d 516]; People v. Medina, supra, 51 Cal.3d at pp. 909-910.) (e) The court need not clarify the section 190.3, factor (b), instruction to state that it refers to violent criminal conduct other than the crimes charged in this proceeding. ( People v. Sanders (1990) 51 Cal.3d 471, 528 [273 Cal. Rptr. 537, 797 P.2d 561]; People v. Bonin (1988) 46 Cal.3d 659, 703-704 [250 Cal. Rptr. 687, 758 P.2d 1217].) (f) The court need not delete inapplicable mitigating factors from its instructions. ( People v. Kelly, supra, 51 Cal.3d at p. 968.)