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lying in wait”> [<insert additional theories>].
will instruct you on (both/all <insert number>).
premeditation. The defendant acted willfully if (he/she) intended to kill.
(he/she) decided to kill before completing the act[s] that caused death.
not alone determine whether the killing is deliberate and premeditated.
make a surprise attack on the person killed.
3. (He/She) intended to kill that person.
explosion or other form of combustion.
proved that the defendant murdered by using poison.
of ﬁrst degree murder and the murder is second degree murder.
relied on by the prosecution, give the appropriate alternatives A through H.
The court must give the ﬁnal paragraph in every case.
been deﬁned for the jury.
Do not modify this instruction to include the factors set forth in People v.
of ﬁrst degree murder nor guide a jury’s determination of the degree of the offense.
• Types of Statutory First Degree Murder Pen. Code, § 189.
•Armor Piercing Ammunition Deﬁned Pen. Code, § 16660.
• Destructive Device Deﬁned Pen. Code, § 16460.
139, 143 [59 Cal.Rptr.3d 157, 158 P.3d 731].
Cal.3d 583, 604 [268 Cal.Rptr. 399, 789 P.2d 127].
• Weapon of Mass Destruction Deﬁned Pen. Code, § 11417.
felony for purposes of the felony murder rule].
• Poison Deﬁned People v. Van Deleer (1878) 53 Cal. 147, 149.
876, 901–902 [256 P.2d 911].
Cal.Rptr.3d 739] [comparing torture murder with torture].
Crimes Against the Person, § 142.01 (Matthew Bender).
• Murder Pen. Code, § 187.
•Voluntary Manslaughter Pen. Code, § 192(a).
• Involuntary Manslaughter Pen. Code, § 192(b).
• Attempted First Degree Murder Pen. Code, §§ 663, 189.
• Attempted Murder Pen. Code, §§ 663, 187.
No. 522, Provocation: Effect on Degree of Murder.
cruel suffering.” (People v. Pensinger (1991) 52 Cal.3d 1210, 1242 [278 Cal.Rptr.
purpose. There is no requirement that the victim actually suffer pain. (People v.

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 § 189
 § 16660
 § 16460
 § 11417
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 § 142
 § 187
 § 192
 § 192
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