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PEOPLE v. LASKO

No. S069354.

96 Cal.Rptr.2d 441 (2000)

23 Cal.4th 101

999 P.2d 666

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Louis LASKO, Jr., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan D. Soglin, Oakland, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald E. Niver, Bruce Ortega and Amy Haddix, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

KENNARD, J.

Under California law, murder is the unlawful killing of a human being or a fetus, with malice aforethought. Malice is express when the killer harbors a deliberate intent to unlawfully take away a human life. Malice is implied when the killer lacks an intent to kill but acts with conscious disregard for life, knowing such conduct endangers the life of another.

When a killer intentionally...

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