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Originally Posted by LoneWolf
I think the first degree murder charge is a little over the top (I know the whole "while committing another felony" wording of the law), but I think if you look at this logically this shouldn't be a first degree murder case. Did the guy kill the kid and possible because he was smoing pot? Yes, but he didn't premeditate the killing. This was a horrible accident. He needs to pay for what he has done, but to put what he did on the same level as the BTK and Carr brother murders is stupid.
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yeah, this is not really what I think of as a good felony murder rule case.
If a couple hood rats try to rob a store and one of them gets shot in self-defense by the store owner, sure go ahead and charge the other guy with the felony murder of his buddy.