Weick v. State
Delaware Supreme Court
420 A.2d 159 (1980)
Relevant factsFree
During an armed home robbery, the intended victim's wife retrieved a rifle and shot and killed one of the robbers, Eugene Weick, in defense of her husband; the surviving accomplices (defendants) were convicted of second-degree felony murder for Eugene's death. They appealed, arguing the killing was not committed by a felon, accomplice, or agent of the felons as felony murder requires.
IssueFree
Whether felony murder requires that the killing be committed by the felon, one of his accomplices, or an agent of the felon.