People v. Nix

This case presents us with the question whether defendant’s rights under the Double Jeopardy Clause were violated. The Court of Appeals concluded that such a violation had occurred, and reversed defendant’s conviction. We now affirm.

i

Defendant was charged with one count of first-degree premeditated murder and one count of felony murder.1 The victim was kidnapped by defendant’s *622boyfriend, Robert Hogans,2 who locked the victim in the trunk of her own car while he, often accompanied by defendant, used the car for six days. The victim ultimately died from a combination of dehydration and methanol…