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> There was no murder. The man died of a heart attack. While the home invasion was undoubtly the cause, to arrive at the conclusion that it was murder is dising

• renholder 8y ago
  >...this is you being unfamiliar with felony murder doctrine. Someone isn't aware of the merger doctrine, I see. To point: Where's the felony murder charge[0,1]? [0] - https://www.newrichmond-news.com/news/crime-and-courts/4548816-suspects-indicted-federal-charges-suspected-st-croix-county-home https://www.newrichmond-news.com/news/crime-and-courts/45488... [1] - https://kstp.com/news/lennie-dwayne-brooks-randy-lorenzo-brooks-autumn-marie-nichols-linked-eden-prairie-home-invasion-enter-not-guilty-pleas/5191161/ https://kstp.com/news/lennie-dwayne-brooks-randy-lorenzo-bro...
  • gnicholas 8y ago
    How does this implicate the merger doctrine? Isn't that for lesser included offenses — which felony murder would not be here? It does appear that the suspects were not charged with felony murder here, but it's not clear why that was. The CA legislature recently attempted to narrow their felony murder law [1], but I don't think MN has done the same (and even the CA attempt may have failed due to a conflict with the CA Constitution [2]). Could you explain on how the merger doctrine is involved? 1: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article219283515.html https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-aler... 2: https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/19/felony-murder-law-repealed-maybe-not/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/19/felony-murder-law-rep...