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People v. Collins

Ruling by

Kelli M. Evans

Lower Court

California Courts of Appeal

dissenting Judge(s)

Patricia Guerrero

concurring Judge(s)

Goodwin H. Liu
Leondra R. Kruger
Liability for murder on a failure-to-protect theory requires the perpetrator to know to a substantial degree of certainty about a life-endangering act and fail to act in conscious disregard for life.



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