Doane v. Commonwealth

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• holding that the felony murder rule does not apply where the defendant stole a car one day and the next day had an automobile accident in the stolen vehicle which resulted in the death of one of the passengers in the stolen vehicle
• where no causal relationship or nexus shown between antecedent felony and killing, accused not guilty of felony-murder

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