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Criminal,
California Courts of Appeal

Dec. 31, 2019

LA DA joins halts opposition to new felony murder law until Supreme Court weighs in

Other Southern California prosecutors say the law is unconstitutional, but many DAs, and the attorney general, say courts are right to uphold it.

LA DA joins halts opposition to new felony murder law until Supreme Court weighs in
Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey

When it came to challenging a controversial felony murder bill that went into effect Jan. 1, 2019, Southern California prosecutors took a harder line than many of their counterparts in the rest of the state. But since November, when the 4th District Court of Appeal published two opinions affirming the validity of SB 1437, the state's largest local prosecutor's office has stopped disputing the bill altogether.

"Two recent Court of Ap...

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