People v. Aaron
Michigan Supreme Court
409 Mich. 672, 299 N.W.2d 304 (1980)
Aaron was convicted of first-degree felony murder after a homicide occurred during an armed robbery he participated in, based on jury instructions allowing conviction simply upon a finding that the killing occurred during commission of the underlying felony, without requiring any separate finding of malice; Michigan's statute made a homicide first-degree murder if committed during certain enumerated felonies but did not itself define murder or codify a broad common-law felony-murder doctrine.
Whether the felony murder rule should be abolished because it eliminates a jury's consideration of malice, and whether every murder, including felony murder, requires the prosecution to prove malice.