Indiana Supreme Court· 4/3/2000

Jenkins v. State

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726 N.E.2d 268
2000 Ind. LEXIS 247
2000 WL 343898

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holding that Indiana felony-murder statute does not require the victim to be \innocent\ and that defendant could be convicted of felony murder where robbery victim shot and killed co-felon
holding that Indiana felony-murder statute does not require the victim to be “innocent” and that defendant could be convicted of felony murder where robbery victim shot and killed co-felon
holding that Jenkins’s convictions for felony murder and robbery violated double jeopardy and choosing to vacate the robbery because it had the less-severe criminal penalty
providing that the court may remedy a double jeopardy violation by vacating the conviction that has less severe penal consequences
vacating the robbery conviction because it has less severe penal consequences than the remaining felony murder conviction
rejecting defendant’s contention that felony murder statute does not impose criminal liability for murder when resulting death is that of co- perpetrator

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Judges: Dickson, Shepard, Sullivan, Boehm, Rucker

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