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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 6 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 State v. Thompson.

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1 State v. Thompson Anchor
wash · 1977
green “most states which have considered the question have adopted the merger rule, resulting in a holding that only felonies independent of the homicide can support a felony murder conviction.” 4
2 State v. Harris
wash · 1966
green “all the second-degree murder and manslaughter statutes would have been emasculated.” 2

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