Opinion ID: 1127349
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Denial of defendant's motion for separate guilt, special circumstance, and penalty phase juries.

Text: Defendant contends the trial court erred in denying his motions for separate juries for the guilt, special circumstance, and penalty phases of his trial, thereby violating his rights under the federal and state Constitutions to due process of law, a fair trial by an impartial jury, and an accurate and reliable capital proceeding. Recognizing that section 190.4, subdivision (c), reflects a legislative preference that the guilt, special circumstance, and penalty phases of a capital trial be tried by the same jury (see People v. Rowland (1992) 4 Cal.4th 238, 268 [14 Cal. Rptr.2d 377, 841 P.2d 897]), we have rejected constitutional challenges to this practice (see People v. Wader (1993) 5 Cal.4th 610, 648 [20 Cal. Rptr.2d 788, 854 P.2d 80]; People v. Johnson, supra, 3 Cal.4th at pp. 1212-1213). Defendant presents no persuasive grounds for our reconsideration of this issue.