Is there substantial evidence to support the first degree felony-murder conviction?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Valdez, 32 Cal.4th 73, 8 Cal.Rptr.3d 271, 82 P.3d 296 (Cal. 2004):

Preliminarily, I do not dispute that there is substantial evidence to support the first degree felony-murder conviction. (See maj. opn., ante, 8 Cal.Rptr.3d at pp. 300-301, 82 P.3d at p. 321.) In the context of determining whether substantial evidence supports the jury's actual verdict, we as an appellate court must review the whole record in the light most favorable to the prosecution to determine whether a reasonable trier of fact could have found defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. (People v. Johnson (1980) 26 Cal.3d 557, 576, 162 Cal.Rptr. 431, 606 P.2d 738.) In addition, we must presume in support of the judgment the existence of every fact the trier could reasonably deduce from the evidence. (Ibid.)

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