What is the effect of the felony-murder instruction on the murder charge?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Wesley, 10 Cal.App.3d 902, 89 Cal.Rptr. 377 (Cal. App. 1970):
It appears reasonably probable to us that a result more favorable to defendants on the murder charge might have been reached had the felony-murder instruction not been given. (People v. Watson, 46 Cal.2d 818, 836, 299 P.2d 243.)
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