Substantive Criminal Law: Cosgrove-Militano

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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