Does the felony-murder rule apply to assaultive felonies resulting in death?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brothers, 186 Cal.Rptr.3d 98, 236 Cal.App.4th 24 (Cal. App. 2015):
5 This prohibition of the application of the felony-murder rule to underlying assaultive felonies resulting in death, identified in People v. Ireland, supra, 70 Cal.2d at page 539, 75 Cal.Rptr. 188, 450 P.2d 580, is known in our jurisprudence as the Ireland merger doctrine.
5 This prohibition of the application of the felony-murder rule to underlying assaultive felonies resulting in death, identified in People v. Ireland, supra, 70 Cal.2d at page 539, 75 Cal.Rptr. 188, 450 P.2d 580, is known in our jurisprudence as the Ireland merger doctrine.
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