Is a man who unlawfully kills a woman during the commission of a robbery or an attempted robbery guilty of first degree murder?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Price, B262143 (Cal. App. 2016):
8. One who unlawfully kills a human being during the commission of a robbery or an attempted robbery is guilty of first degree murder under the felony-murder rule. (See People v. Young (2005) 34 Cal.4th 1149, 1175; 187, 189.)
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