Opinion ID: 2387024
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Heading: Admission of victim-impact evidence concerning Shahbakhti

Text: As noted above, Shahbakhti testified at the guilt phase concerning the anxiety he suffered as a result of being shot by defendant. We concluded the testimony was irrelevant at that phase of the trial, but harmless. Defendant contends this evidence also was irrelevant at the penalty phase, because it did not relate directly to the capital offense. We disagree. At the penalty phase, this testimony was admissible under section 190.3, factor (b), as evidence of the emotional effect of defendant's prior violent criminal acts. ( People v. Price (1991) 1 Cal.4th 324, 479 [3 Cal.Rptr.2d 106, 821 P.2d 610]; see People v. Davis (2009) 46 Cal.4th 539, 617-618 [94 Cal.Rptr.3d 322, 208 P.3d 78].)