Doctrine of merger |
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it prevents a defendant from being convicted of lesser included crimes
along with the more serious crime. For example, the doctrine of merger
prevents one from being convicted of attempted murder and murder because
all of the elements of attempted murder are included in the crime of murder.
Similarly, manslaughter cannot act as the "underlying felony"
for the purposes of a felony murder charge, since it would have the effect
of making all manslaughters felony murder |
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