Does Defendant have to admit to giving a victim impact testimony at the guilt phase of a murder trial?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Cage, 15 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 12, 195 Cal.Rptr.3d 724, 2015 Daily Journal D.A.R. 12, 362 P.3d 376, 62 Cal.4th 256 (Cal. 2015):

while the perpetrator is lying in wait from other murders, so as to justify the classification of that type of case as one warranting imposition of the death penalty. (People v. Carasi (2008) 44 Cal.4th 1263, 1310, 82 Cal.Rptr.3d 265, 190 P.3d 616; People v. Cruz, supra, 44 Cal.4th at p. 678, 80 Cal.Rptr.3d 126, 187 P.3d 970, and cases cited.) Defendant fails to persuade us to reconsider our prior precedent.

6. The admission of purported victim impact testimony at the guilt phase

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