Perspective
Jun. 12, 2014
Curbing the natural and probable consequences doctrine
After a series of rulings that stretched the natural and probable consequences doctrine to the breaking point, the state Supreme Court may finally have reached its limit. By Mai Linh Spencer
After a series of rulings that stretched the natural and probable consequences ("NPC") doctrine to the breaking point, the state Supreme Court may finally have reached its limit. In a welcome (though unexpected) decision, People v. Chiu, 2014 DJDAR 6979, the court held that an aider and abettor cannot be convicted of premeditated first degree murder on a NPC theory. Welcome, because Chiu prohibits one of the most effect...
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