Aug. 18, 2023
Standard of review for ‘kill zone’ theory clarified
Robert Weisberg, co-director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center, explained that the opinion corrects a “mundane error” in the lower courts.
The California Supreme Court clarified Thursday what the proper standard of review should be for the Courts of Appeal when a defendant challenges a decision to instruct a jury to apply a concurrent intent or “kill zone” theory to an attempted murder allegation.
Robert Weisberg, Stanford University law professor and faculty co-director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center, explained in an interview Thursday that the opinion corrects a “m...
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