State v. Craven

OPINION

AMUNDSON, Judge.

On appeal from second-degree felony-murder convictions, appellant argues that the trial court violated due process when it declined to dismiss the felony-murder charges in a case in which death accidentally resulted from appellant’s fleeing from a police officer in a motor vehicle. Appellant argues that a more specific statute prohibited flight from police causing death, the felony-murder statute did not give fair warning that appellant’s conduct would be charged as felony-murder, and the felony-murder statute was used discriminatorily based on race. Alternatively,…