Davis v. Nathaniel (Slip Opinion)

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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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