5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 16 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from People v. Thompson.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People v. Thompson Anchor | green | “under the doctrine of transferred intent, if a defendant shoots at one person, with the intent to kill, but kills an unintended victim, he may be convicted of the crime of murder for the death of the unintended victim.” | 4 |
| 2 | People v. Pelt | green | “as in morgan, it is difficult to conclude that the predicate felony underlying the charge of felony murder involved conduct with a felonious purpose other than the conduct which killed the infant” | 3 |
| 3 | People v. Dekens | green | “a charge of felony murder is appropriate" when "an intended victim mistakenly shoots and kills a bystander” | 3 |
| 4 | People v. Belk | green | “the purpose behind the felony-murder statute is to limit the violence that accompanies the commission of forcible felonies, so that anyone engaged in such violence will be automatically subject to a murder prosecution should someone be killed during the commission of a forcible …” | 3 |
| 5 | People v. Davison | green | “s in davis, evidence apart from the actual murder supported defendant's conviction for mob action” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.