On Monday, the California Supreme Court will answer the following questions in People v. Superior Court (Sparks):

(1) Did principles of collateral estoppel, as applied in People v. Taylor (1974) 12 Cal.3d 686, preclude the prosecution from trying defendant for murder on a felony-murder theory after the actual killer had been acquitted of murder on such a theory? (2) Is Taylor still good law, or should that decision be overruled or disapproved?