Cannon v. State

Donna Cannon was not present when her then 13-year-old cousin, Terrell Powell, shot William Moses Wilson at close range, took his wallet from his trousers, and left him to bleed to death. The prosecution proceeded on the theory that her involvement in preparations for a robbery made her a principal to Moses Williams’ robbery, see § 777.011, Fla. Stat. (2003), *565and thus criminally responsible, not only for Moses Wilson’s robbery, but also, under the felony murder rule,1 for his death. But, while Ms. Cannon and Terrell Powell had planned a robbery together, it was not this one, according to the…