Collins v. State

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

Collins was accused of strong arm robbery, first degree felony murder arising from the death of a motorist in a traffic accident which occurred while he was fleeing, along with two co-perpetrators, in a previously stolen vehicle from the scene of the robbery, and grand theft of the getaway car. After a shamefully acrimonious trial,1 Collins was acquitted of robbery but found guilty of the lesser offense of second degree murder and of grand theft. We reverse the former conviction, but affirm the latter.

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Inasmuch as(a) the defendant’s acquittal as to the underlying felony…