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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 inherently dangerous felony approach is the most popular limitation on the rule. 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."
The case attracted international attention and support, due largely to media coverage of the charges, the application of the felony murder rule, and the long sentences imposed. Director William Gazecki made a documentary film called Reckless Indifference about the murder, trial, and resulting prison sentences.
In a case that drew international news coverage, an Elkhart Circuit Court jury had convicted teenagers Levi Sparks, Blake Layman and Anthony Sharp Jr. of felony murder in connection with the 2012 ...
For example, Dalton could have been charged with accessory to murder or robbery: indeed, in other felony murder cases in the same county, defendants pled guilty to some of these lesser charges in ...
In the United States, the law for murder varies by jurisdiction. In many US jurisdictions there is a hierarchy of acts, known collectively as homicide, of which first-degree murder and felony murder [1] are the most serious, followed by second-degree murder and, in a few states, third-degree murder, which in other states is divided into voluntary manslaughter, and involuntary manslaughter such ...
Phil Helsel. Updated August 7, 2024 at 2:38 AM. Felony murder charges have been filed against four people in connection with the death of D’Vontaye Mitchell, who died in June after security ...
Felony murder can also be prosecuted for felonies not in this list, provided the felony is “inherently dangerous”. Whether a felony is inherently dangerous or not is done on a case-by-case basis and is found by the jury. Felonies that are inherently dangerous but not included in the above list are punished under PC 187, second degree murder.