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California Criminal Jury Instructions
Volume 1
Series 500

 HOMICIDE
D. FELONY MURDER


 

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Series 500 HOMICIDE

D. FELONY MURDER

CALCRIM 540A.

540A. Felony Murder: First Degree—Defendant Allegedly Committed Fatal Act (Pen. Code, § 189)

 


The defendant is charged [in Count ] with murder, under a theory of felony murder.

To prove that the defendant is guilty of first degree murder under this theory, the People must prove that:


 

1.    The defendant committed [or attempted to commit]
                      <insert felony or felonies from Pen. Code,
§ 189>
;

2.    The defendant intended to commit_____________ <insert
felony or felonies from Pen. Code, § 189>
;

AND

3.    While committing [or attempting to commit] ______________ ,
<insert felony or felonies from Pen. Code, § 189> the defendant did an act that caused the death of another person.

A person may be guilty of felony murder even if the killing was unintentional, accidental, or negligent.

To decide whether the defendant committed [or attempted to commit]    <insert felony or felonies from Pen. Code,

§ 189>, please refer to the separate instructions that I (will give/ have given) you on (that/those) crime[s]. You must apply those instructions when you decide whether the People have proved first degree murder under a theory of felony murder.

<MAKE CERTAIN THAT ALL APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONS ON ALL UNDERLYING FELONIES ARE GIVEN.>

[The defendant must have intended to commit the (felony/felonies) of     <insert felony or felonies from Pen. Code, § 189>
before or at the time of the act causing the death.]

[It is not required that the person die immediately, as long as the act causing the death and the (felony/felonies) are part of one continuous transaction.]




New January 2006

 

 

283.

 

540A. Felony Murder: First Degree—Defendant Allegedly Committed Fatal Act
(Pen. Code, § 189) Page 283

540A. Felony Murder: First Degree—Defendant Allegedly Committed Fatal Act
(Pen. Code, § 189) Page 284

540A. Felony Murder: First Degree—Defendant Allegedly Committed Fatal Act
(Pen. Code, § 189) Page 285

540A. Felony Murder: First Degree—Defendant Allegedly Committed Fatal Act
(Pen. Code, § 189) Page 286

540A. Felony Murder: First Degree—Defendant Allegedly Committed Fatal Act
(Pen. Code, § 189) Page 287

540A. Felony Murder: First Degree—Defendant Allegedly Committed Fatal Act
(Pen. Code, § 189) Page 288

 

(Pub 1284)

 

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