Felony murder rule
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"Felony murder" redirects here. For the general felony of murder in some jurisdictions, see Murder.
Not to be confused with Malice murder.
The rule of felony murder is a legal doctrine in some common law jurisdictions that broadens the crime of murder: when someone is killed (regardless of intent to kill) in the commission of a dangerous or enumerated crime (called a felony in some jurisdictions), the offender, and also the offender's accomplices or co-conspirators, may be found guilty of murder.[1]
The concept of felony murder originates in the rule of transferred intent.[2] In its original form, the malicious intent inherent in the commission of any crime, however trivial, was considered to apply to any consequences of that crime regardless of intent. [3]