a rule of criminal statutes that any death which occurs during the commission of
a felony is first degree murder, and all participants in that felony or attempted
felony can be charged with and found guilty of murder. A typical example is a robbery
involving more than one criminal, in which one of them shoots, beats to death or
runs over a store clerk, killing the clerk. Even if the death were accidental, all
of the participants can be found guilty of felony murder, including those who did
no harm, had no gun, and/or did not intend to hurt anyone. In a bizarre situation,
if one of the holdup men or women is killed, his/her fellow robbers can be charged
with murder.
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