People v. Stamp case brief summary
82 Cal.Rptr. 598 (1969)
CASE FACTS
Defendants entered a building, ordered the employees to lie on the floor, robbed the building, and fled. The owner of the building was badly shaken up by the robbery. When the police arrived, the owner of the building told the police he did not feel well and had a pain in his chest. The owner then collapsed on the floor and was pronounced dead. The coroner's report listed the cause of death as heart attack. Defendants were found guilty of first-degree robbery and first-degree murder and they appealed. One issue on appeal was whether the felony-murder doctrine should have been applied in this case due to the unforeseeability of the owner's death.
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION
The court affirmed the lower court's decision and held that because the homicide was a direct casual result of the robbery, the felony-murder rule applied whether or not the death was a natural or probable cause of the robbery.
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82 Cal.Rptr. 598 (1969)
CASE SYNOPSIS
Appeal from Superior Court of Los
Angeles (California) in which the court found defendants guilty of
first-degree robbery and first-degree murder.CASE FACTS
Defendants entered a building, ordered the employees to lie on the floor, robbed the building, and fled. The owner of the building was badly shaken up by the robbery. When the police arrived, the owner of the building told the police he did not feel well and had a pain in his chest. The owner then collapsed on the floor and was pronounced dead. The coroner's report listed the cause of death as heart attack. Defendants were found guilty of first-degree robbery and first-degree murder and they appealed. One issue on appeal was whether the felony-murder doctrine should have been applied in this case due to the unforeseeability of the owner's death.
DISCUSSION
- The court affirmed the judgment.
- The court held that because the homicide was a direct causal result of the robbery, the felony-murder rule applied whether or not the death was a natural or probable cause of the robbery.
CONCLUSION
The court affirmed the lower court's decision and held that because the homicide was a direct casual result of the robbery, the felony-murder rule applied whether or not the death was a natural or probable cause of the robbery.
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