Supreme Court of California

A lower court's holding that a defendant is guilty of murdering a co-conspirator under the felony-murder rule is affirmed. The felony-murder rule applies to all arsonists at the scene of the arson.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/24/2003
• Published 11/24/2003

Judges

• CHIN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Scott Concklin, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Redding, for Defendant and Appellant.,  Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, Janet E. Neeley, Stephen G. Herndon and David Andrew Eldridge, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.