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Article: NO BORDERS IN FELONY MURDER, COURT SAYS.(CAPITAL REGION)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- October 11, 1996
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Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer
ALBANY -- Handing a major victory to prosecutors, New York's highest court on Thursday upheld ``felony'' murder convictions in a crime that spanned two states.
The Court of Appeals ruled for the first time that when criminals commit a felony out of state that results in a death in New York, they can be convicted of murder. Until Thursday, the issue was unresolved.
Felony murder is charged when a death occurs during the commission of any of nine serious crimes, including robbery.
For example, if two people pull off a robbery and one of them shoots and kills the victim, both can be convicted of murder and ...