Opinion ID: 1162628
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Failure to Instruct on Premeditation and Deliberation

Text: (9) Defendant contends that the felony-murder special-circumstance findings must be vacated because the court did not instruct that premeditation and deliberation were elements of that special circumstance. We do not agree: the language and history of the statute establish beyond peradventure that premeditation and deliberation are not elements of the felony-murder special circumstance. Defendant argues that the logic of the Carlos decision [ Carlos v. Superior Court, supra, 35 Cal.3d at pp. 140-141] compels the conclusion that not only must intent to kill be established, but premeditation and deliberation as well. In People v. Anderson, supra, 43 Cal.3d 1104, however, we found the logic of Carlos on this point to be wanting. ( Id. at pp. 1143-1144.) Accordingly, we reject defendant's argument.