Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/6/1998

Commonwealth v. Wade

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428 Mass. 147
697 N.E.2d 541
1998 Mass. LEXIS 471

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holding that the felony must be independent of the homicide
applying the merger doctrine where the first degree felony murder statute authorized conviction for a killing committed during the perpetration of any felony punishable by life imprisonment
applying the merger doctrine where the first degree felony murder statute authorized conviction for a killing committed during the perpetration of any felony punishable by life imprisonment
jury instructed only on felony-murder in first and second degree and manslaughter
jury instructed only on felony-murder in first and second degree and manslaughter
“element that provides for the enhancement of the crime of rape to a felony punishable by life in prison [kidnap ping, or infliction of serious bodily injury], does not negate the intent to commit the rape that is the substitute for the malice requirement of murder”

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Judges: Marshall

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