What are the principles of the felony-murder and misdemeanor-manslaughter rules?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Slaughter, 200 Cal.Rptr. 448, 35 Cal.3d 629, 677 P.2d 854 (Cal. 1984):
These two principles have been invoked in a variety of factual contexts to limit or preclude application of the felony-murder and misdemeanor-manslaughter rules. One line of cases, commencing with People v. Washington (1965) 62 Cal.2d 777, 44 Cal.Rptr. 442, 402 P.2d 130, forbids a homicide conviction to be premised on the felony-murder[677 P.2d 871] doctrine when "the immediate
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