Health Care & Hospital Law,
Criminal
Oct. 6, 2021
DAs implement fentanyl warnings of murder charges
The advisement serves, along with the conviction on a drug crime charge, as proof of implied malice if homicide charges are brought in a future case against the defendant.
Napa has become the latest county to implement fentanyl advisements that warn defendants convicted of drug crimes they could face murder charges if their sale of substances laced with fentanyl causes someone's death.
"Most importantly it is an attempt to discourage drug dealers from selling drugs, particularly those laced with fentanyl, and buyers from purchasing and consuming drugs," Napa County Assistant District Attorney Paul R. Gero sa...
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