felony murder rule

felony murder rule definition - legal

n

Doctrine that a death which occurs during the commission of another felony crime, even where the perpetrator did not intend to cause death; for example, during a bank robbery, shall be punishable as murder. 

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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