What is the test for a finding of premeditation and deliberation in a murder case?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Potts, S072161 (Cal. 2019):

The manner of the killings also supports a finding of premeditation and deliberation. The attack involving multiple weapons, numerous stabs and slashes, and, apparently, a knife-sharpening interlude was undoubtedly "prolonged." (People v. Sandoval (2015) 62 Cal.4th 394, 425; cf. People v. Streeter (2012) 54 Cal.4th 205, 244 [manner of killing suggested premeditation and deliberation where "defendant's

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