What is the test for knowing of the intent to commit murder?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Simonton, 70 Cal.App.4th 982, 83 Cal.Rptr.2d 19 (Cal. App. 1999):
3 Where the aider and abettor is aware of the perpetrator's intent to commit murder, the perpetrator must, by definition, have premeditated the crime. (See People v. Cortez (1998) 18 Cal.4th 1223, 1232, 77 Cal.Rptr.2d 733, 960 P.2d 537.)
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