Does a finding that defendant intended to kill or acted with reckless indifference to life need to sustain a special circumstance?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Salazar, B248963 (Cal. App. 2014):
defendant of first degree murder on that ground, no additional finding that defendant intended to kill (or acted with reckless indifference to life) was required to sustain the special circumstance. (People v. Contreras, supra, 58 Cal.4th at pp. 163-164.)
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