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Originally Posted by TonyB06
No, I read it. It just doesn't make any sense to me.
The accomplice didn't pull the trigger, obviously. I would assume that investigators ruled out the possibility that the accomplice wasn't somehow forced to participate, but that's not known from the article.
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The prosecutors are using the felony murder rule
http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=741
As long as there is a felony act in which a death occurs, you can be charged with that murder even though you had no intent to kill nor did you actually pull the trigger.
DaffyKD