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The rule of felony murder is a legal doctrine in some common law jurisdictions that broadens the crime of murder: when someone is killed (regardless of intent to kill) in the commission of a dangerous or enumerated crime (called a felony in some jurisdictions), the offender, and also the offender's accomplices or co-conspirators, may be found guilty of murder.
The defendant shot his wife with two .38 caliber bullets and killed her. The defendant was convicted of second degree murder after jury instructions were given that included an instruction on the felony murder rule. The California Supreme Court reversed the conviction based on the merger doctrine.
The inherently dangerous felony approach is the most popular limitation on the rule. [10] It is further divided into two subtypes. The majority of jurisdictions using this limitation look at whether the felony was inherently dangerous by looking at the facts of the case before the court, i.e. "based on the manner in which the felony was committed."
Further, a recent study by Kat Albrecht, a criminology professor at Georgia State University, found that 81.3% of people sentenced under the felony murder rule in Cook County, Illinois are Black ...
The doctrine of merger has been abandoned in many jurisdictions in cases involving a conspiracy, allowing an accused to be convicted of both conspiracy and the principal offense. However, an accused cannot be convicted of either attempt or solicitation and the principal offense.
Four former hotel workers have pleaded not guilty to charges of felony murder in connection with the case of D’Vontaye Mitchell, a 43-year-old Black man who died June 30 after he was pinned to ...
The men were charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and criminal attempt to commit a felony. 3 men found guilty of felony murder in fatal shooting of ...
Under the merger doctrine as this term is used in criminal law, lesser included offenses generally merge into the greater offense. Therefore, a person who commits a robbery cannot be convicted of both the robbery and the larceny that was part of it.