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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.[1]
The concept of felony murder originates in the rule of transferred intent.[2] In its original form, the malicious intent inherent in the commission of any crime, however trivial, was considered to apply to any consequences of that crime regardless of intent. [3]
- ^ Binder, Guyora (2012-05-09). Felony Murder. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-8170-1.
- ^ Ritz, Wilfred J. (1 September 1959). "Felony Murder, Transferred Intent, And The Palsgraf Doctrine In The Criminal LawThe Criminal Law". Washington and Lee Law Review. 16 (2): 169.
- ^ "H. Schroeder, Felony murder" (PDF).