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Old 07-04-2011, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by dillywho View Post
Didn't the judge say in the charge to the jury that in order for it to be felony murder that it would have to be done by someone who would reasonably expect grave harm or even death might result in that action?.....
The whole purpose of instituting the concept of felony murder was to eliminate the possibility of someone getting off with a lesser sentence by claiming that the death was not premeditated.

But, you put duct tape over a little 2 ½ year old child’s mouth and she suffocates as a result of it, it’s felony murder, simple as that.