Tag Archives: Special Circumstances


Gang Special Circumstance: Predicate Offense Must Occur Before Charged Offense
February 1st, 2014

  People v. Duran (2002) 97 Cal. App. 4th 1448, 1458, [predicate offense cannot be satisfied by a crime which occurred after the charged offense].


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Felony Murder Special Circumstances: Required Elements
February 1st, 2014

  In a felony-murder special-circumstances case the judge has a duty to instruct that the defendant must (1) have personally had the intent to kill or (2) have been a major participant in the commission of the underlying felony and have acted with reckless indifference to human life. (People v. Mil (2012) 53 Cal. 4th […]


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