People v. Hickam

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• holding that second degree murder conviction must be vacated when the defendant is convicted of felony murder for the same homicide
• applying the holding in Lowe to convictions for second-degree murder-as a lesser-included offense of first-degree murder, after deliberation-and first-degree felony murder
• the element of causing a death during the commission of a felony supplies the mental culpability element for first degree murder
• the element of causing a death during the commission of a felony supplies the mental culpability element for first degree murder
• defendant cannot be convicted of felony murder and second degree murder for one killing

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