Can an offender be convicted of first degree murder based on direct aiding and abetting principles or under the felony-murder rule?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Sherwood, E073236 (Cal. App. 2020):
3. Though an offender may be convicted of first degree murder based on direct aiding and abetting principles or under the felony-murder rule. (People v. Chiu, supra, 59 Cal.4th at p. 167.)
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