Opinion ID: 1351466
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Failure of Jury to Make Special Findings

Text: (33) Defendant contends the jury's findings of special circumstances were inadequate: the jury should have made a special finding as to each element of the crime that forms the basis of the special circumstance finding, according to defendant's construction of section 190.4, subdivision (a). We have rejected the claim that a special circumstance finding must include specific factual findings, or explicit juror assent to each element of the crime. ( People v. Davenport (1985) 41 Cal.3d 247, 273-275 [221 Cal. Rptr. 794, 710 P.2d 861].) It is sufficient that the jury return a finding, as it did in the present case, `on the truth of each alleged special circumstance.' ( Id. at p. 274, italics in original.)