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Criminal

Feb. 13, 2019

Mixed judicial rulings follow new felony murder law

Rulings by superior court judges in the first month and a half of the law’s enactment reveal a division among trial judges and prosecutors as to the constitutionality of the new law.

Mixed judicial rulings follow new felony murder law
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Curtis B. Rappe

Prosecutorial pushback against the state's new felony murder law is being met with mixed results.

Rulings by superior court judges in the first month and a half of the law's enactment reveal a division among trial judges and prosecutors as to the constitutionality of the new law, which limits a murder conviction to the person who committed the murder, not to most accessories.

On Monday, Los Angele...

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