Opinion ID: 1179776
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Denial of Separate Guilt, Enhancement, and Penalty Juries.

Text: In a pretrial motion, and again prior to the penalty phase, defendant sought empanelment of a separate jury to hear penalty issues. At the conclusion of the guilt trial, defendant also moved for a separate jury to hear the enhancement allegation that he had suffered a previous conviction. All these motions were denied. Defendant claims these rulings violated his rights under the Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, because a jury which has already adjudicated the issue of guilt cannot fairly evaluate uncharged criminal conduct introduced at the enhancement and penalty phases. We have repeatedly rejected such contentions (e.g., People v. Espinoza (1992) 3 Cal.4th 806, 827 [12 Cal. Rptr.2d 682, 838 P.2d 204]; People v. Bacigalupo (1991) 1 Cal.4th 103, 135-136 [2 Cal. Rptr.2d 335, 820 P.2d 559]; People v. Balderas, supra, 41 Cal.3d 144, 204-205, & fn. 32), and defendant presents no persuasive reason to reconsider. We therefore decline to do so.