What is the test for reasonable prosecution of a man accused of committing a murder in an attempt to perpetrate rape?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ramirez, 2 Cal.App.3d 345, 82 Cal.Rptr. 665 (Cal. App. 1969):
'The evidence in the record reasonably shows the commission of no crime other than a killing in an attempt to perpetrate rape.' (People v. Rupp, 41 Cal.2d 371, 382, 260 P.2d 1, 7.)
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