07-28-2007, 08:01 AM
Felony Murder - minimum sentence life in prison. Can be prosecuted in any felony in which someone dies from events. Big in Colorado, not sure about other states.
Lisl Auman was big case here. Convicted of FM of a cop who was shot while she was sitting in a squad car. There was an armed robbery of a grocery store where somebody had a heart attack and died and they were charging the robber.
Colorado lists six underlying crimes -- arson, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, sexual assault, and escape -- that subject people to felony murder charges. People are also subject to felony murder if the death occurs during the "immediate flight" from the underlying crime.
Lisl Auman was big case here. Convicted of FM of a cop who was shot while she was sitting in a squad car. There was an armed robbery of a grocery store where somebody had a heart attack and died and they were charging the robber.
Colorado lists six underlying crimes -- arson, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, sexual assault, and escape -- that subject people to felony murder charges. People are also subject to felony murder if the death occurs during the "immediate flight" from the underlying crime.