What is the test for a charge of first degree murder under the felony-murder rule?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Guzman, B243895 (Cal. App. 2014):
11. Under the felony-murder rule, the "ordinary mental-state elements of first degree murdermalice and premeditationare eliminated . . . . The only criminal intent required to be proved is the specific intent to commit the particular underlying felony." (People v. Chavez (2004) 118 Cal.App.4th 379, 385.)
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