Does a jury need to consider whether petitioner was aiding and abetting a premeditated/deliberate, first degree murder?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Rodriguez v. Davey, No. 2:12-cv-2260 TLN GGH P (E.D. Cal. 2017):
7. However, the fact that the culmination of the murder is taking a long time does not mandate a finding of premeditation and deliberation. See People v. Bradford, 15 Cal. 4th 1229, 1345 (1997); People v. Rowland, 134 Cal. App. 3d 1 (1982). Therefore, whether petitioner was aiding and abetting a premeditated/deliberate, first degree murder, as opposed to a simple intent to kill second degree murder, was a live issue in his trial.
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