Reply #242: When you conspire to commit felony armed robbery you are responsible .....

[Kingshakabobo]

.......for ANYONE killed in the commission of the act......whether you are the trigger-man or not. He was as responsible for his partner's death even though, in this case, he wasn't the trigger-man. He would have been responsible for the shop-keepers death too- even if he wasn't the trigger-man. He doesn't get a break just because the "wrong" person was killed.

It's not unreasonable for society to say you will be responsible for ANYONE killed when you start waiving guns around.

This is a valid application of the law. It gets a little iffy when they start charging co-conspirators that stayed home or people killed in freak accidents during non-violent felonies. I've read about over-zealous prosecutors charging co-conspirators killed accidentally.........I'll have to search but I recall a person being charged when his partner fell to his death during a night time burglary of a business.