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§ 187. “Murder” defined

CA PENAL § 187West's Annotated California CodesPenal CodeEffective: January 1, 2024 (Approx. 3 pages)

§ 187. “Murder” defined

CA PENAL § 187West's Annotated California CodesPenal CodeEffective: January 1, 2024 (Approx. 3 pages)

West's Annotated California Codes
Penal Code (Refs & Annos)
Part 1. Of Crimes and Punishments (Refs & Annos)
Title 8. Of Crimes Against the Person
Chapter 1. Homicide (Refs & Annos)
Effective: January 1, 2024
West's Ann.Cal.Penal Code § 187
§ 187. “Murder” defined
(a) Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice aforethought.
(b) This section shall not apply to any person who commits an act that results in the death of a fetus if any of the following apply:
(2) The act was committed by a holder of a physician's and surgeon's certificate, as defined in the Business and Professions Code, in a case where, to a medical certainty, the result of childbirth would be death of the * * * person pregnant with the fetus or where * * * the pregnant person's death from childbirth, although not medically certain, would be substantially certain or more likely than not.
(3) * * * It was an act or omission by the person pregnant with the fetus or was solicited, aided, abetted, or consented to by the * * * person pregnant with the fetus.
(c) Subdivision (b) shall not be construed to prohibit the prosecution of any person under any other provision of law.

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West's Ann. Cal. Penal Code § 187, CA PENAL § 187
Current with urgency legislation through Ch. 11 of 2024 Reg.Sess. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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