CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Exceptions re Statements
......Admissions Subj. to Corpus Delicti Rule
.........Exception: Homicides (Spec. Circum.)
............Crimes Committed Before 6/5/90
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Corpus delicti rule applies to felony-murder special circumstances cases.

Corpus delicti rule does not apply to proof of special circumstances not arising directly from underlying murder charge.