Does the information specifically charging malice murder provide adequate notice of a felony-murder theory?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Malone, A140747 (Cal. App. 2015):
separately pleaded]; People v. Nakahara (2003) 30 Cal.4th 705, 712 [same].) If an information specifically charging malice murder provides a defendant with adequate notice of a felony-murder theory, we think the converse must be true.
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