Roary v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “the intent to kill or the intent to do grievous bodily harm” may be inferred from the use of a “deadly weapon directed at a vital part of the human body”
• applying Fisher to find that first degree assault supported a common law second degree felony murder conviction
• “To obtain a conviction for felony-murder, the State is required to prove the underlying felony and that the death occurred during the perpetration of the felony.”
• discussing the conceptual justifications underlying the merger doctrine

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).