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· 2/15/1833

People ex rel. Morris v. Adams

Citations

  • 9 Wend. 464

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that \causation principles\ are only pertinent where other acts allegedly caused the death
  • \the felony-murder rule imposes a type of strict liability on the perpetrator .. .\
  • no requirement for jury instructions on causation principles in single-perpetrator 17 felony-murder cases

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Judges: Nelson

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