Criminal
Feb. 10, 2010
Murder Abettors Can Face Higher Charges, State Justices Rule
Prosecutors can try an accomplice for murder, even after a jury convicted the triggerman of the lesser crime of voluntary manslaughter, the California Supreme Court held unanimously Monday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Prosecutors can try an accomplice for murder, even after a jury convicted the triggerman of the lesser crime of voluntary manslaughter, the California Supreme Court held unanimously Monday.
The decision explicitly overturns the entire ruling in People v. Taylor, 12 Cal.3d 686 (1974), which held in a similar case that prosecutors were forbidden from pursuing another defendant's ...
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