# People v. Wilson

> California Supreme Court · December 18, 1969 · 1 Cal. 3d 431

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9536278

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RUFUS WILSON, Defendant and Appellant
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 18, 1969
- **Citations:** 1 Cal. 3d 431; 82 Cal. Rptr. 494; 462 P.2d 22; 1969 Cal. LEXIS 219
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by McCOMB
- **Judges:** Mosk, McComb
- **Cited by:** 121 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Overruled by People v. Farley, 46 Cal. 4th 1053 (2009).
- Negative treatments: 2
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9536278

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that under felony murder rule, it is essential that the actor was engaged in some other felony, so distinct "as not to be an ingredient of the homicide” itself
- rejecting “bootstrapping” of burglary and felony-murder

## Opinion text

McCOMB, J.
I dissent. I would affirm the judgment in its entirety. (See Cal. Const., art. VI, § 13.)
Respondent’s petition for a rehearing was denied January 14, 1970. McComb, was of the opinion that the petition should be granted.

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9536278. Public record. Not legal advice.