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People v. Estrada

California Supreme Court

Decided November 20, 1995No. S043210PublishedCited by 139 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

LUCAS, C. J.

A defendant convicted of first degree murder with at least one special circumstance found true will be sentenced to either death or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. (Pen. Code, § 190.2; all further statutory references are to this code.) One of these special circumstances is the felony-murder special circumstance under which a murder occurred during the commission or attempted commission, or the immediate flight after commission, of one of eleven specified felonies. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(i-xi).) A felony-murder special circumstance is applicable to a…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Tison v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. People v. WickershamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1982
  4. Arave v. CreechSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. People v. HardyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992

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3Cited by139 opinions

  1. People v. HughesCalifornia Supreme Court · 2002
  2. People v. SmitheyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1999
  3. People v. BoyerCalifornia Supreme Court · 2006
  4. People v. PrettymanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1996
  5. People v. BanksCalifornia Supreme Court · 2015

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