People of Michigan v. Tiffany Lynn Reichard

*418 *614 In this interlocutory appeal, we must resolve the question whether duress may be used as a defense to first-degree felony murder when the claim of duress goes to the defendant's participation in the underlying felony. We agree with the prosecutor that it may not.

Defendant is charged with open murder, with the predicate felony being armed robbery. The trial court granted her motion to present evidence of duress at trial. Defendant acknowledges that duress is not a defense to murder but argues that it may be a defense to the predicate felony in a felony-murder charge. The prosecution argues…