California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Velasco, B259756 (Cal. App. 2016):
2. As one court has observed, an ambush "is perceived as a particularly cowardly form of murder." (Richards v. Superior Court, supra, 146 Cal.App.3d at p. 314, fn. 5.)
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