Opinion ID: 2569354
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Heading Rank: 36

Heading: Whether the trial court's Curtis advisement at the sentencing hearing was adequate.

Text: We have never extended the requirement of a Curtis advisement to the sentencing phase of a death penalty case and we do not reach that question here. Harlan received a Curtis advisement during the guilt phase of the trial, and again during the sentencing phase, but argues that he should have been advised that the felonies for which this jury found him guilty could not be used to impeach him. The jury's finding of the defendant's guilt may be used to assess the defendant's credibility as a witness during the sentencing phase of the trial because it relates to the defendant's possible motive for testifying. See Sentencing Phase Instruction No. 28 (quoting COLJI-Crim. 3:06).