Opinion ID: 1179507
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Heading: Double Counting of Sentencing Factors.

Text: Defendant complains of possible double counting of sentencing factors by reason of instructions which allowed the jury to consider both the circumstances of the present offense (§ 190.3, factor (a)) and the presence of criminal activity ( id., factor (b)). Although the latter factor refers to prior criminal activity other than the charged offenses, there is no indication in the record that the prosecutor urged the jury to give undue weight to the circumstances surrounding the charged offenses or that the jury was misled in this regard. (See People v. Thompson (1988) 45 Cal.3d 86, 137-138 [246 Cal. Rptr. 245, 753 P.2d 37]; People v. Melton (1988) 44 Cal.3d 713, 763 [244 Cal. Rptr. 867, 750 P.2d 741].)