substantive criminal law: cosgrove-militano
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Which is the Felony Murder Statute?
Browse top 3 & READ THE LANGUAGE
This is NY’s felony murder
statute.
To find case law go back to the main screen.
Find Secondary Sources
OR
Let’s start with “Secondary Sources” which have law review articles.
We want New York law reviews.
Law review articles are just that – reviews of the law. Some are very lengthy and are often written by practicing attorneys, law professors, or law students. As Professor
Cosgrove-Militano said, if you find a helpful one, and can understand it, great! If not, try newspapers.
Be aware of the word length
when usingnewspapers.
Someare very short.Generally an
article less than 500 words has
very little information.
Newspapers contain “Letters to the Editor,” which
can help you formulate your
opinion on felony murder. Note the
date of the article – 30 years. Check with Professor
Cosgrove-Militano for approval of older (generally
more than 5 years). In class she said
there are no date requirements, but better safe than
sorry with material this dated.
When in doubt go back to the felony murder statute and read it.
NY Penal Law 125.25(3)
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