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· 5/7/1998

People v. Musselwhite

Citations

  • 17 Cal. 4th 1216
  • 954 P.2d 475
  • 98 Daily Journal DAR 4745
  • 98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3452
  • 74 Cal. Rptr. 2d 212
  • 1998 Cal. LEXIS 2622

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding no Eighth Amendment requirement that felony murder statute apply only to premeditated and deliberate murders
  • “[EJstablishing the felony-murder special circumstance includes showing [that] the intent to commit the underlying felony precedes the killing”
  • in context, suspect stating he was confused and nervous and „I don‟t want to talk about this‟ was mere reluctance to address a specific topic, not an invocation

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Judges: Brown

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