Does section 1157 of the California Criminal Code apply in a felony murder case prosecuted under a felony-murder theory?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Mendoza, 23 Cal.4th 896, 4 P.3d 265, 98 Cal.Rptr.2d 431 (Cal. 2000):

The majority also rejects as dictum this court's conclusion in People v. McDonald, supra, 37 Cal.3d 351, 208 Cal.Rptr. 236, 690 P.2d 709, that section 1157 applies in murder cases prosecuted under a felony-murder theory. Whether or not it is dictum is irrelevant, for it is soundly reasoned and reaches the most sensible interpretation of section 1157. Moreover, this interpretation finds support in 150 years of California law, as I discuss next.

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