Maine Statutes

§ 17-A §202 — Felony murder

Maine·Title 17-A MAINE CRIMINAL CODE·Part 2 SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES·Ch. 9 OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON
1.A person is guilty of felony murder if acting alone or with one or more other persons in the commission of, or an attempt to commit, or immediate flight after committing or attempting to commit, murder, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, arson, gross sexual assault, or escape, the person or another participant in fact causes the death of a human being, and the death is a reasonably foreseeable consequence of such commission, attempt or flight.
2.It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the defendant:
3.Felony murder is a Class A crime.

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Legislative History

PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 740, §40 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 510, §39 (RPR). PL 1979, c. 701, §20 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 377, §8 (AMD).

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