Can a conviction under section 664 of the Criminal Code for attempted murder be reduced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cisneros, E060165 (Cal. App. 2015):
"[S]ection 664 provides the crime of attempted willful, deliberate and premeditated murder can be punished by a prison term of life with the possibility of parole only if the trier of fact finds that the attempted murder was willful, deliberate and premeditated." (People v. Dominguez (1992) 4 Cal.App.4th 516, 522.)
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