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California Supreme Court

Apr. 22, 2019

State high court passes up chance to clarify felony murder rule

A growing chorus of voices has been calling on the California Supreme Court to weigh in on a law passed last year that changed the state’s felony murder rule. But it passed up a chance last week.

A growing chorus of voices has been calling on the California Supreme Court to weigh in on a law passed last year that changed the state's felony murder rule. But the justices passed up a chance last week.

At conference, the court granted hearing for a petition citing the law but transferred it back to the 2nd District Court of Appeal with instructions to "show cause why relief should not be granted on petitioner's claim that the j...

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