Does the felony-murder rule relieve the prosecution of proving the element of malice for a killing committed in the course of a felony?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Caldwell, 203 Cal.Rptr. 433, 36 Cal.3d 210, 681 P.2d 274 (Cal. 1984):

1 The felony-murder rule relieves the prosecution of proving the element of malice for a killing committed in the course of a felony by one of the perpetrators. (People v. Dillon (1983) 34 Cal.3d 441, 473-476, 194 Cal.Rptr. 390, 668 P.2d 697.)

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