Opinion ID: 2613228
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Heading: Admission of Evidence Underlying Prior Offenses

Text: Defendant contends the court erred in allowing the admission of evidence regarding defendant's prior offenses (see § 190.3), including (1) evidence underlying a prior robbery conviction, and (2) evidence of two unadjudicated offenses on which the statute of limitations had run. Defendant realizes we have repeatedly rejected similar contentions (see, e.g., People v. Jennings, supra, 53 Cal.3d at p. 388 [barred offenses admissible at penalty phase]; People v. Mattson (1990) 50 Cal.3d 826, 877 [268 Cal. Rptr. 802, 789 P.2d 983] [evidence underlying prior conviction admissible at penalty phase]), and he offers no convincing reasons for reconsidering those rulings. Defendant's assertion that equal protection principles may preclude reliance on the foregoing evidence (see People v. Guerrero (1988) 44 Cal.3d 343 [243 Cal. Rptr. 688, 748 P.2d 1150]) is likewise without merit. (See People v. Danielson (1992) 3 Cal.4th 691, 719-720 [13 Cal. Rptr.2d 1, 838 P.2d 729]; People v. Bacigalupo (1991) 1 Cal.4th 103, 136 [2 Cal. Rptr.2d 335, 820 P.2d 559], on remand (1992) ___ U.S. ___ [121 L.Ed.2d 5, 113 S.Ct. 32].)