What is the result of a jury's verdict in a felony-murder case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Bowen, A132356 (Cal. App. 2014):
verdict reflects that the jury believed that defendant was guilty on a felony-murder theory either as a direct perpetrator or as an aider and abettor. It is well settled that a "jury need not decide unanimously whether a defendant was a direct perpetrator or an aider or abettor, so long as it is unanimous that he was one or the other." (People v. Wilson (2008) 44 Cal.4th 758, 801.)
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