sentencing
Why was the &#39;hiccup girl&#39; on trial for murder and not accessory
<p>so I was watching the new Piers Morgan documentary about a young girl, who helped set up a robbery for her boyfriend.
She was not directly involved in the robbery, wasn't there and didn't know the participants had a gun, yet she was charged with first degree murder and given a life sentence without the possibility of parole in a Florida court.
My question is why wasn't she charged with accessory to robbery or something like that.</p>

<p>Because Florida has <a href="http://statelaws.findlaw.com/florida-law/florida-first-degree-murder-laws.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">felony murder</a> laws. If you participate (including being an accessory) in the specified list of felonies (including armed robbery) and a murder is committed in the course of that felony, you are guilt of first degree murder. It is a prerequisite that she would <em>also</em> have been convicted for the robbery.</p>
