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6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 46 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. Morgan.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People v. Morgan Anchor | green | “where the acts constituting forcible felonies arise from and are inherent in the act of murder itself, those acts cannot serve as predicate felonies for a charge of felony murder.” | 22 |
| 2 | People v. Viser | green | “forthright characterization of aggravated battery as one of the forcible felonies that will trigger a charge of felony murder.” | 7 |
| 3 | People v. Pelt | green | “involved conduct with a felonious purpose other than the conduct which killed the infant.” | 5 |
| 4 | People v. Morgan | green | “the acts constituting forcible felonies arise from and are inherent in the act of murder itself, those acts cannot serve as predicate felonies for a charge of felony murder.” | 5 |
| 5 | People v. Davis | green | “the acts constituting forcible felonies arise from and are inherent in the act of murder itself, those acts cannot serve as predicate felonies for a charge of felony murder.” | 4 |
| 6 | People v. Pelt | green | “defendant's aggravated battery was an act that was inherent in, and arose out of, the killing of the infant.” | 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.