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· 7/8/1988

State v. Severs

Citations

  • 759 S.W.2d 935
  • 1988 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 442

How courts have described this case

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

  • “the killing must have been in pursuance of, rather than collateral to, the unlawful act described by the statute”
  • no felony murder liability when larceny victim kills accomplice
  • accomplice lolled by opponent of felony

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Ford, Jones, Richard, Wade

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