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People v. Berzups

Citations

  • 49 N.Y.2d 417
  • 402 N.E.2d 1155
  • 426 N.Y.S.2d 253
  • 1980 N.Y. LEXIS 2091

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • declining to merge a conviction for robbery with a conviction for felony murder because the robbery was “not so much an element of the [felony murder] but instead functioned] as a replacement for the mens rea or intent necessary for common-law murder”
  • declining to merge a conviction for robbery with a conviction for felony murder because the robbery was \not so much an element of the [felony murder] but instead function[ed] as a replacement for the mens rea or intent necessary for common-law murder\
  • felony murder and the predicate felony are, substantively and generically, entirely distinct and disconnected offenses

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Judges: Fuchsberg

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