Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Re: First Degree Murder

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Penal Code section 190: (a) Every person guilty of murder in the first degree shall be punished by death, imprisonment in the state prison for life without the possibility of parole, or imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 25 years to life. The penalty to be applied shall be determined as provided in Sections 190.1, 190.2, 190.3, 190.4, and 190.5.

Penal Code section 213: (a) Robbery is punishable as follows:

(1) Robbery of the first degree is punishable as follows:

(A) If the defendant, voluntarily acting in concert with two or more other persons, commits the robbery within an inhabited dwelling house, a vessel as defined in Section 21 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, which is inhabited and designed for habitation, an inhabited floating home as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 18075.55 of the Health and Safety Code, a trailer coach as defined in the Vehicle Code, which is inhabited, or the inhabited portion of

any other building, by imprisonment in the state prison for three, six, or nine years.

(B) In all cases other than that specified in subparagraph (A), by

imprisonment in the state prison for three, four, or six years.

(2) Robbery of the second degree is punishable by imprisonment in

the state prison for two, three, or five years.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 664, attempted robbery in violation of

paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) is punishable by imprisonment in

the state prison.

Re: First Degree Murder

25 years to life, life without parole, or death.