Is a defendant's contention that a prior murder must have preceded the present crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Malone, 252 Cal.Rptr. 525, 47 Cal.3d 1, 762 P.2d 1249 (Cal. 1988):
Defendant's further contention that the prior murder must have preceded the present offense was rejected in People v. Hendricks, supra, 43 Cal.3d 584, 595-596, 238 Cal.Rptr. 66, 737 P.2d 1350. "The order of the commission of the homicides is immaterial." (Id. at p. 596, 238 Cal.Rptr. 66, 737 P.2d 1350.)
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