California Supreme Court· 9/7/1989

People v. Patterson

Citations

778 P.2d 549
49 Cal. 3d 615
262 Cal. Rptr. 195
1989 Cal. LEXIS 1604

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concluding that “each offense set forth in the statute should be examined separately to determine its inherent dangerousness”
remanding for the trial court to evaluate “various medical articles and reports” in determining whether the felony is typically sufficiently dangerous
felony murder rule ‘‘incorporates an artificial concept of strict criminal liability that erodes the relationship between criminal liability and moral culpability’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
felony murder rule ‘‘incorporates an artificial concept of strict criminal liability that erodes the relationship between criminal liability and moral culpability’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
“[t]o create statutes separately proscribing the importation, sale, furnishing, administration, etc., of each of these drugs, would require the enactment of hundreds of individual statutes.”
cone, and dis. opn. of Lucas, C. 1, joined by Eagleson and Kaufman, JJ.

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Judges: Kennard, Lucas, Mosk

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