· 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
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- 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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