How have courts interpreted "premeditation and deliberation" in a murder case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Valdez, F066139 (Cal. App. 2015):
Premeditation and deliberation exist when the attempted killing occurred as a result of preexisting reflection rather than an "unconsidered or rash impulse." (People v. Bolin (1998) 18 Cal.4th 297, 332.) In the context of first degree murder, "'premeditated' means 'considered beforehand,' and 'deliberate' means 'formed or arrived at or
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determined upon as a result of careful thought and weighing of considerations for and against the proposed course of action.'" (People v. Mayfield (1997) 14 Cal.4th 668, 767.)
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