Criminal,
California Courts of Appeal
Aug. 31, 2017
Court: Felony murder rule can be based on failure to act
The published decision by the 4th District Court of Appeal affirmed a murder conviction for an Orange County man who committed multiple acts of rape and other sexual assaults on a woman in a diabetic coma. She died two hours after the attack of what coroners determined to be natural causes related to lack of insulin.
A state appellate court this week established that California’s felony murder rule can be based on a failure to perform a specific act.
The published, 3-0 decision from the 4th District Court of Appeal affirmed a murder conviction for an Orange County man who committed multiple acts of rape and other sexual assaults on a woman in a diabetic coma. The woman died two hours after the attack of what coroners determined to be natural caus...
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