Opinion ID: 2581358
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Heading: Sadler Verdict Form

Text: Defendant complains that the verdict form for the charge of first degree murder of Sadler did not require the jurors to unanimously agree on which of the two theories advanced  deliberate and premeditated murder or torture murder  they relied. We have in the past rejected the claim that the jurors must unanimously agree on the theory ( People v. Jenkins (2000) 22 Cal.4th 900, 1025, 95 Cal.Rptr.2d 377, 997 P.2d 1044; People v. McPeters (1992) 2 Cal.4th 1148, 1185, 9 Cal.Rptr.2d 834, 832 P.2d 146) as has the United States Supreme Court ( Schad v. Arizona (1991) 501 U.S. 624, 631-632, 111 S.Ct. 2491, 115 L.Ed.2d 555).