These are the Illinois Homicide statutes (720 ILCS 5/9 et seq.):
[Read more…]What Is Felony Murder?
What is a felony murder?
Generally, speaking a death that occurs during the commission of a felony offense is treated as an ordinary murder and is called a felony murder.
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[Read more…]State Can’t Get A Felony Murder When All The Facts Point To An Intentional Murder
People v. Space, 2018 IL App (1st) 150922 (May). Episode 490 (Duration 10:26)
This Illinois conviction for Felony murder must be reversed because the defendant shared the same felonious purpose as the underlying offense. [Read more…]
Affirmative Defense To Felony Murder May Exist If A Death Is Not Foreseeable
People v. Mandoline, 2017 IL App (2d) 150511 (February). Episode 318 (Duration 6:01)
Sometimes you can get a felony murder proximate cause defense instruction. [Read more…]
Felony Murder Cannot Eviscerate A Legitimate Case For Second Degree Murder
People v. O’Neal, 2016 IL App (1st) 132284 (September). Episode 239 (Duration 13:06)
Defendant shoots his own friend on accident but was acting under an unreasonable claim of self defense. [Read more…]