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PEOPLE v. DILLON

Docket No. Crim. 21964.

34 Cal.3d 441 (1983)

668 P.2d 697

194 Cal. Rptr. 390

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NORMAN JAY DILLON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

September 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ronald W. Rose and Carleen R. Arlidge for Defendant and Appellant.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, and Alice V. Collins, Deputy State Public Defender, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian and John K. Van de Kamp, Attorneys General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci, Gloria F. DeHart and Thomas A. Brady, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of first degree felony murder and attempted robbery. The case presents two principal issues. First, we inquire whether a standing crop can be the subject of robbery; declining to perpetuate an archaic distinction between that crime and larceny, we conclude that it can. We next address a multiple attack on the first degree felony-murder rule. After reviewing its legislative...

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