Does Defendant have any grounds to argue that the felony-murder special circumstance applies only to deliberate and premeditated murders?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lang, 264 Cal.Rptr. 386, 49 Cal.3d 991, 782 P.2d 627 (Cal. 1989):
Defendant contends that the felony-murder special circumstance must be construed as applying only to willful, deliberate and premeditated murders. We have previously rejected this contention. (People v. Belmontes (1988) 45 Cal.3d 744, 794-795, 248 Cal.Rptr. 126, 755 P.2d 310.) Defendant provides no persuasive reason to reconsider our conclusion.
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