Opinion ID: 2517324
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Heading: Imposition of Capital Punishment for Felony Murder

Text: Defendant claims that condemning him to death for a felony murder that did not require an intent to kill, while sparing some intentional killers from capital punishment, violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the federal Constitution. We have rejected such claims. ( People v. Kennedy (2005) 36 Cal.4th 595, 640 [31 Cal.Rptr.3d 160, 115 P.3d 472]; People v. Taylor (1990) 52 Cal.3d 719, 747-748 [276 Cal.Rptr. 391, 801 P.2d 1142]; People v. Anderson (1987) 43 Cal.3d 1104, 1147 [240 Cal.Rptr. 585, 742 P.2d 1306].) Defendant does not persuade us to change our view.