What is the test for murder of a peace officer or fireman?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Cheely, 21 F.3d 914 (9th Cir. 1994):
murder of a peace officer or fireman; murder committed in the course of kidnaping, burglary, robbery, forcible rape, or arson; murder committed for remuneration; murder committed while escaping or attempting to escape from a penal institution; and murder committed by a prison inmate when the victim is a prison employee.
See Jurek v. Texas, 428 U.S. 262, 268, 96 S.Ct. 2950, 2955, 49 L.Ed.2d 929 (1976).
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