Is a single bullet from 60 feet away sufficient evidence to establish premeditated attempted murder?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, B259888 (Cal. App. 2016):
the indiscriminate firing of a single bullet at a group of eight individuals from 60 feet away was sufficient evidence to establish premeditated attempted murder as to one member of the group, though not seven more counts. (People v. Perez, supra, at pp. 230, 232.)
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