What defines a "major participant" in a Page 25 crime?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from The People v. Robles, B209120, No. GA054170 (Cal. App. 2010):

The phrase "reckless indifference to human life" means that the defendant was subjectively aware that his or her participation in the underlying felonies involved a grave risk of death. (People v. Estrada, supra, 11 Cal.4th at p. 577.) A "major participant" in a

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crime is one who plays a notable or conspicuous part or is one of the more important members of the group committing the crime. (People v. Proby (1998) 60 Cal.App.4th 922, 930-931.)

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