"Three men entered a Riverside liquor store in December 2005 to rob it, one of them sticking a gun in the owner's face. The shopkeeper pulled out his own weapon, killed the gunman and wounded a fleeing robber.
The district attorney's office charged the two surviving holdup men with murder in the death of their partner on the "provocative act murder doctrine" -- saying the two were responsible for his death because they participated in the crime."
Felony murder charges like this are brought when one's criminal conduct - not murder - results in death. The DA can charge murder for the bad conduct. The two defendants not involved in the gun play were acquitted. The IELB reserves judgment on the merits of the decision. But, IELB very much likes defendant's attorney Addison Steele's comment:
"We ate up two months of a civil courtroom, where regular people from Riverside should have been having their injuries resolved and their contract disputes resolved," Steele said.
Mr Pacheco are you listening?
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