The Supreme Court has not announced it yet, but it will probably file on Monday morning at least two three opinions. Monday is the last day within the 90-day period to file opinions in the two of the cases, which were argued in March.
People v. Chiu raises the question: Does a conviction for first degree murder as an aider and abettor under the natural and probable consequences doctrine require that premeditated murder have been a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the target crimes or only that murder have been such a consequence?
In People v. Elmore, the court will decide whether the doctrine of imperfect self-defense applies when the defendant’s actual, but unreasonable, belief in the need to defend himself was based solely on a psychotic delusion.
The third opinion will be in People v. Brown, an automatic appeal from a February 1996 judgment of death. Brown was argued in April.
The opinions can be viewed online Monday beginning at 10:00 a.m.
