Is there any case law where robbery and the robbery were not incidental to the murder?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. LINDBERG, 190 P.3d 664, 45 Cal.4th 1, 82 Cal.Rptr.3d 323 (Cal. 2009):
robbery and the robbery was not merely incidental to the murder. (See People v. DePriest (2007) 42 Cal.4th 1, 46-48, 63 Cal.Rptr.3d 896, 163 P.3d 896; People v. Gurule (2002) 28 Cal.4th 557, 628-629, 123 Cal.Rptr.2d 345, 51 P.3d 224.)
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