Nancy,
Here are some law review citations from the Subject Compilations of State
Laws database on felony murder:
AU Houck, Kara M.
JA <I>People v. Dekens<D>: The Expansion of the Felony-Murder Doctrine in
Illinois.
JN Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
JC 30 (1999):357-92
ANN P. 364, fn. 63. Citations only. Cites to codes. Covers laws on felony
murder.
AU Hatchett, Jennifer DeCook
JA Kansas Felony Murder: Agency or Proximate Cause?
JN University of Kansas Law Review
JC 48 (2000):1047-82
ANN Pp. 1057-58, fn. 82. Citations only. Cites to codes. Covers laws on
felony murder. Includes U.S. (federal).
AU Cole, Dana K.
JA Expanding Felony-Murder in Ohio: Felony-Murder or Murder-Felony?
JN Ohio State Law Journal
JC 63 (2002):15-61
ANN Pp. 15-16, fns. 2-6. Citations only. Cites to codes. Covers language
used in felony murder laws.
AU Haussler, Helyna
JA The Starting Point of Maryland's Gradual Transition Back to the
Proximate Cause Theory for Determining Criminal Liability under the Felony-Murder
Doctrine.
JN Maryland Law Review
JC 60 (2001):909-32
ANN P. 912, fn. 25. Citations only. Cites to codes. Covers the thirty-two
states that have laws on felony murder.
The database does not contain any sources with citations on laws defining
malice in the criminal context, although it does contain several sources
dealing with malice in the context of punitive damages.
Cheryl Nyberg
Author, Subject Compilations of State Laws.
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Cheryl Rae Nyberg
Reference Librarian
Gallagher Law Library
University of Washington
206/543-7672
cnyberg@u.washington.edu
http://lib.law.washington.edu
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On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, Nancy_Adams@ca11.uscourts.gov wrote:
> Unfortunately I do not have access to Westlaw's "50 State Statutory
> Surveys" database or the published surveys of state laws (National Survey
> of State Laws or Subject Compilations of State Laws).
>
> I need to know the state of the law in the 50 states on two subjects:
> 1) The felony murder rule. I need to know which states follow an unmerged
> common-law rule, which have a "merger" doctrine in place, and which limit
> felony murder to specific enumerated predicate felonies
> 2) I need to know how the states define malice for the purpose of crimes
> other than murder
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Nancy
>
> Nancy Adams
> Librarian
> U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
> 75 Spring Street SW, Room 2356
> Atlanta, GA 30303
> 404-215-1319
> nancy_adams@ca11.uscourts.gov
>
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