Can rap lyrics about shooting police officers be excluded from the penalty in a capital murder case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hazle, A145098 (Cal. App. 2018):
different verdict, had the lyrics been excluded. (People v. Nelson (2011) 51 Cal.4th 198, 224 [no reasonable possibility that admission of rap lyrics about shooting police officers in penalty phase of capital murder case was prejudicial to defendant].)
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