What is the test for determining whether a defendant committed a premeditated murder while engaged in a felony?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Vidana, 1 Cal.5th 632, 206 Cal.Rptr.3d 556, 377 P.3d 805 (Cal. 2016):
while engaged in a felony. (See, e.g., People v. Johnson (2015) 61 Cal.4th 734, 775, 190 Cal.Rptr.3d 536, 353 P.3d 266 [the trial court was not required to instruct the jury to agree unanimously whether defendant had committed a premeditated murder or a first degree felony murder
[1 Cal.5th 813]
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