What evidence would have been required to convict a defendant of a prior murder?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Armstrong, 1 Cal.5th 432, 205 Cal.Rptr.3d 518, 376 P.3d 640 (Cal. 2016):

time. (See People v. Arias (1996) 13 Cal.4th 92, 127128, 51 Cal.Rptr.2d 770, 913 P.2d 980 [evidence of prior murder would have been

[205 Cal.Rptr.3d 539]

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