People v. Lewis

Opinion

KING, J.

I

INTRODUCTION

Defendants and appellants Loran L. Lewis and Tyrone Murphy were in a stolen car involved in a police pursuit. They crashed the car into another vehicle, killing the occupants of the second vehicle. Defendants were convicted of, among other charges, second degree felony murder for each of the two deaths. The first time they appealed, they argued that the convictions of second degree felony murder must be reversed because the predicate felony, violating Vehicle Code section 2800.2, 1 was not an inherently dangerous felony. This court held that section 2800.2 was an…