Felony Murder Rule - Sheldon Siegel
Category: Crime
Tags: Crime
I was just sitting in the car., In the eighth installment of New York Times best-selling author Sheldon Siegels iconic San Francisco series, Mike Daley and ex-wife Rosie Fernandez face new challenges and stare down old demons as they return to work at the San Francisco Public Defenders Office where they had started their careers and their relationship 20 years earlier. Mike and Rosie are now the co-heads of the Felony Division, where they spend more time running the office and supervising younger attorneys than trying cases. That changes quickly when Mike is visited by Melinda Nguyen, whose son, Thomas, a high school senior, is about to go on trial for murder. Thomas has been arrested under Californias archaic felony murder rule, which says you can be can be convicted of first degree murder if youre present when someone is killed during the course of a felony, even if you dont pull the trigger. The charge against Thomas shows the limits of this legal doctrine. He was sitting outside in
