Does the prosecution have to provide sufficient notice to the defense of a charge of first-degree murder under the felony-murder theory?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Morell, A134052, A134567, A134642 (Cal. App. 2014):
(See People v. Crawford (1990) 224 Cal.App.3d 1, 8-9 [discussion at the initial pretrial instructional conference gave the defense adequate notice under the Sixth Amendment of the prosecution's felony-murder theory of liability].)
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