Series 500 - Homicide
A. General Principles
- 500. Homicide: General Principles
- 501-504. Reserved for Future Use
B. Justifications and Excuses
- 505. Justifiable Homicide: Self-Defense or Defense of Another
- 506. Justifiable Homicide: Defending Against Harm to Person Within Home or on Property
- 507. Justifiable Homicide: By Peace Officer
- 508. Justifiable Homicide: Citizen Arrest (Non-Peace Officer)
- 509. Justifiable Homicide: Non-Peace Officer Preserving the Peace
- 510. Excusable Homicide: Accident
- 511. Excusable Homicide: Accident in the Heat of Passion
- 512. Presumption That Killing Not Criminal (Pen. Code, § 194)
- 513-519. Reserved for Future Use
C. Murder: First and Second Degree
- 520. First or Second Degree Murder With Malice Aforethought (Pen. Code, § 187)
- 521. First Degree Murder (Pen. Code, § 189)
- 522. Provocation: Effect on Degree of Murder
- 523. First Degree Murder: Hate Crime (Pen. Code, § 190.03)
- 524. Second Degree Murder: Peace Officer (Pen. Code, § 190(b), (c))
- 525. Second Degree Murder: Discharge From Motor Vehicle (Pen. Code, § 190(d))
- 526-540. Reserved for Future Use
D. Felony Murder
- Introduction to Felony-Murder Series
- 540A. Felony Murder: First Degree - Defendant Allegedly Committed Fatal Act (Pen. Code, § 189)
- 540B. Felony Murder: First Degree - Coparticipant Allegedly Committed Fatal Act (Pen. Code, § 189)
- 540C. Felony Murder: First Degree - Other Acts Allegedly Caused Death (Pen. Code, § 189)
- 541-547. Reserved for Future Use
- 548. Murder: Alternative Theories
- 549-559. Reserved for Future Use
E. Alternate Theories of Liability
- 560. Homicide: Provocative Act by Defendant
- 561. Homicide: Provocative Act by Accomplice
- 562. Transferred Intent
- 563. Conspiracy to Commit Murder (Pen. Code, § 182)
- 564-569. Reserved for Future Use
F. Manslaughter
(i) Voluntary- 570. Voluntary Manslaughter: Heat of Passion - Lesser Included Offense (Pen. Code, § 192(a))
- 571. Voluntary Manslaughter: Imperfect Self-Defense or Imperfect Defense of Another - Lesser Included Offense (Pen. Code, § 192)
- 572. Voluntary Manslaughter: Murder Not Charged (Pen. Code, § 192(a))
- 573-579. Reserved for Future Use
- 580. Involuntary Manslaughter: Lesser Included Offense (Pen. Code, § 192(b))
- 581. Involuntary Manslaughter: Murder Not Charged (Pen. Code, § 192(b))
- 582. Involuntary Manslaughter: Failure to Perform Legal Duty - Murder Not Charged (Pen. Code, § 192(b))
- 583-589. Reserved for Future Use
- 590. Gross Vehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated (Pen. Code, § 191.5(a))
- 591. Vehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated - Ordinary Negligence (Pen. Code, § 191.5(b))
- 592. Gross Vehicular Manslaughter (Pen. Code, § 192(c)(1))
- 593. Misdemeanor Vehicular Manslaughter (Pen. Code, § 192(c)(2))
- 594. Vehicular Manslaughter: Collision for Financial Gain (Pen. Code, § 192(c)(3))
- 595. Vehicular Manslaughter: Speeding Laws Defined
- 596-599. Reserved for Future Use
G. Attempt
- 600. Attempted Murder (Pen. Code, §§ 21a, 663, 664)
- 601. Attempted Murder: Deliberation and Premeditation (Pen. Code, §§ 21a, 189, 664(a))
- 602. Attempted Murder: Peace Officer, Firefighter, Custodial Officer, or Custody Assistant (Pen. Code, §§ 21a, 664(e))
- 603. Attempted Voluntary Manslaughter: Heat of Passion - Lesser Included Offense (Pen. Code, §§ 21a, 192, 664)
- 604. Attempted Voluntary Manslaughter: Imperfect Self-Defense - Lesser Included Offense (Pen. Code, §§ 21a, 192, 664)
- 605-619. Reserved for Future Use
H. Causation: Special Issues
- 620. Causation: Special Issues
- 621-624. Reserved for Future Use
I. Impairment Defense
- 625. Voluntary Intoxication: Effects on Homicide Crimes (Pen. Code, § 29.4)
- 626. Voluntary Intoxication Causing Unconsciousness: Effects on Homicide Crimes (Pen. Code, § 29.4)
- 627. Hallucination: Effect on Premeditation
- 628-639. Reserved for Future Use
J. Charge to Jury
- 640. Deliberations and Completion of Verdict Forms: For Use When Defendant Is Charged With First Degree Murder and Jury Is Given Not Guilty Forms for Each Level of Homicide
- 641. Deliberations and Completion of Verdict Forms: For Use When Defendant Is Charged With First Degree Murder and Jury Is Given Only One Not Guilty Verdict Form for Each Count; Not to Be Used When Both Voluntary and Involuntary Manslaughter Are Lesser Included Offenses
- 642. Deliberations and Completion of Verdict Forms: For Use When Defendant Is Charged With Second Degree Murder and Jury Is Given Not Guilty Forms for Each Level of Homicide
- 643. Deliberations and Completion of Verdict Forms: For Use When Defendant Is Charged With Second Degree Murder and Jury Is Given Only One Not Guilty Verdict Form for Each Count; Not to Be Used When Both Voluntary and Involuntary Manslaughter Are Lesser Included Offenses
- 644-699. Reserved for Future Use
K. Special Circumstances
(i) General Instructions- 700. Special Circumstances: Introduction (Pen. Code, § 190.2)
- 701. Special Circumstances: Intent Requirement for Accomplice Before June 6, 1990
- 702. Special Circumstances: Intent Requirement for Accomplice After June 5, 1990 - Other Than Felony Murder (Pen. Code, § 190.2(c))
- 703. Special Circumstances: Intent Requirement for Accomplice After June 5, 1990 - Felony Murder (Pen. Code, § 190.2(d))
- 704. Special Circumstances: Circumstantial Evidence - Sufficiency
- 705. Special Circumstances: Circumstantial Evidence - Intent or Mental State
- 706. Special Circumstances: Jury May Not Consider Punishment
- 707. Special Circumstances: Accomplice Testimony Must Be Corroborated - Dispute Whether Witness Is Accomplice (Pen. Code, § 1111)
- 708. Special Circumstances: Accomplice Testimony Must Be Corroborated - No Dispute Whether Witness Is Accomplice (Pen. Code, § 1111)
- 709-719. Reserved for Future Use
- 720. Special Circumstances: Financial Gain (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(1))
- 721. Special Circumstances: Multiple Murder Convictions (Same Case) (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(3))
- 722. Special Circumstances: By Means of Destructive Device (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(4) & (6))
- 723. Special Circumstances: Murder to Prevent Arrest or Complete Escape (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(5))
- 724. Special Circumstances: Murder of Peace Officer, Federal Officer, or Firefighter (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(7), (8) & (9))
- 725. Special Circumstances: Murder of Witness (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(10))
- 726. Special Circumstances: Murder of Judge, Prosecutor, Government Official, or Juror (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(11), (12), (13) & (20))
- 727. Special Circumstances: Lying in Wait - Before March 8, 2000 (Former Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(15))
- 728. Special Circumstances: Lying in Wait - After March 7, 2000 (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(15))
- 729. Special Circumstances: Murder Because of Race, Religion, or Nationality (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(16))
- 730. Special Circumstances: Murder in Commission of Felony (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(17))
- 731. Special Circumstances: Murder in Commission of Felony - Kidnapping With Intent to Kill After March 8, 2000 (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(17))
- 732. Special Circumstances: Murder in Commission of Felony - Arson With Intent to Kill (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(17))
- 733. Special Circumstances: Murder With Torture (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(18))
- 734. Special Circumstances: Murder by Poison (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(19))
- 735. Special Circumstances: Discharge From Vehicle (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(21))
- 736. Special Circumstances: Killing by Street Gang Member (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(22))
- 737. Special Circumstances: Murder of Transportation Worker (Pen. Code, § 190.25)
- 738-749. Reserved for Future Use
- 750. Special Circumstances: Prior Murder Conviction (Pen. Code, § 190.2(a)(2)) - Trial on Prior Murder (Pen. Code, § 190.1(a) & (b))
- 751. Second Degree Murder With Prior Prison for Murder (Pen. Code, § 190.05)
- 752-759. Reserved for Future Use
L. Death Penalty
- 760. Death Penalty: Introduction to Penalty Phase
- 761. Death Penalty: Duty of Jury
- 762. Reserved for Future Use
- 763. Death Penalty: Factors to Consider - Not Identified as Aggravating or Mitigating (Pen. Code, § 190.3)
- 764. Death Penalty: Evidence of Other Violent Crimes
- 765. Death Penalty: Conviction for Other Felony Crimes
- 766. Death Penalty: Weighing Process
- 767. Jurors’ Responsibility During Deliberation in Death Penalty Case
- 768. Penalty Trial: Pre-Deliberation Instructions
- 769-774. Reserved for Future Use
- 775. Death Penalty: Intellectual Disability (Pen. Code, § 1376)
- 776-799. Reserved for Future Use
