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Zourtack
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Not just half way either apparently
http://news.aol.com/article/intruder-scares-woman-to-death/321774
http://news.aol.com/article/intruder-scares-woman-to-death/321774
Man Scared Woman to Death, Police Say
(Jan. 29) -- Larry Whitfield was on foot, his getaway car wrecked, his rookie attempt at robbing a bank thwarted by a set of locked doors, according to detectives. Looking for a place to hide, police say, he found himself inside the home of a frightened old woman.
There's no evidence Whitfield ever touched 79-year-old Mary Parnell. Authorities say he even told the grandmother of five he didn't want to hurt her, directing her to sit in a chair in her bedroom. But investigators have no doubt he terrified her so much that she died of a heart attack.
News That Stunned UsGaston County Jail / AP18 photos Did He Scare Someone to Death? Police in Gaston County, N.C., charged Larry Whitfield, 20, with murder, accusing him of illegally entering an elderly woman's home and scaring her to death in the process. Whitfield was hiding in the woman's home after a failed bank robbery, police said.
Now Whitfield, a 20-year-old with no prior criminal record, is charged with first-degree murder, a rare defendant accused of literally scaring a person to death.
"He could've avoided all this by turning himself in, and life would've went on for Mrs. Parnell," said Capt. Calvin Shaw of the Gaston County Police Department, which handled the investigation.
Under a legal concept known as the felony murder rule, it's not uncommon for prosecutors to bring a murder charge against a defendant who doesn't intentionally harm a victim. The rule exists in some form in every state and lets authorities bring murder charges whenever someone dies during a crime such as burglary, rape, or kidnapping.
"If you're committing any of those offenses and a person dies, that's first-degree murder," said Locke Bell, Gaston County's district attorney and the prosecutor in Whitfield's case.
Prosecutors typically use the rule to charge all of the suspects with murder when, say, one of them shoots a teller during a bank robbery. But cases of prosecutors using the felony murder rule to charge a defendant with scaring someone to death are isolated.
Jurors convicted Willie Ingram in 1982 after 64-year-old Melvin Cooper died from a heart attack in his New York home, caused by what medical experts said was the "emotional upset" of a robbery attempt. Likewise, a Pittsburgh jury convicted Mark Fisher last year in the 2003 murder of 89-year-old Freda Dale, who medical examiners said died in her home from a fear-induced heart attack.
Whitfield is being held without bail, and his attorney and his family declined to comment. He's charged with several other crimes in addition to murder, and has not entered a plea. He faces life without parole if convicted.
(Jan. 29) -- Larry Whitfield was on foot, his getaway car wrecked, his rookie attempt at robbing a bank thwarted by a set of locked doors, according to detectives. Looking for a place to hide, police say, he found himself inside the home of a frightened old woman.
There's no evidence Whitfield ever touched 79-year-old Mary Parnell. Authorities say he even told the grandmother of five he didn't want to hurt her, directing her to sit in a chair in her bedroom. But investigators have no doubt he terrified her so much that she died of a heart attack.
News That Stunned UsGaston County Jail / AP18 photos Did He Scare Someone to Death? Police in Gaston County, N.C., charged Larry Whitfield, 20, with murder, accusing him of illegally entering an elderly woman's home and scaring her to death in the process. Whitfield was hiding in the woman's home after a failed bank robbery, police said.
Now Whitfield, a 20-year-old with no prior criminal record, is charged with first-degree murder, a rare defendant accused of literally scaring a person to death.
"He could've avoided all this by turning himself in, and life would've went on for Mrs. Parnell," said Capt. Calvin Shaw of the Gaston County Police Department, which handled the investigation.
Under a legal concept known as the felony murder rule, it's not uncommon for prosecutors to bring a murder charge against a defendant who doesn't intentionally harm a victim. The rule exists in some form in every state and lets authorities bring murder charges whenever someone dies during a crime such as burglary, rape, or kidnapping.
"If you're committing any of those offenses and a person dies, that's first-degree murder," said Locke Bell, Gaston County's district attorney and the prosecutor in Whitfield's case.
Prosecutors typically use the rule to charge all of the suspects with murder when, say, one of them shoots a teller during a bank robbery. But cases of prosecutors using the felony murder rule to charge a defendant with scaring someone to death are isolated.
Jurors convicted Willie Ingram in 1982 after 64-year-old Melvin Cooper died from a heart attack in his New York home, caused by what medical experts said was the "emotional upset" of a robbery attempt. Likewise, a Pittsburgh jury convicted Mark Fisher last year in the 2003 murder of 89-year-old Freda Dale, who medical examiners said died in her home from a fear-induced heart attack.
Whitfield is being held without bail, and his attorney and his family declined to comment. He's charged with several other crimes in addition to murder, and has not entered a plea. He faces life without parole if convicted.
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i can't believe you can go away for life for that
HOLY SHIT
Maybe negligent homicide or a manslaughter charge.
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it wasn't burglary, rape, or kidnapping though
for it to be burglary he'd have had to break in with the intent of committing a crime
he clearly had already committed a crime and didn't intend on committing any more until the cops were off of his trail
It has to do with your brain being all "Shit I'm old" and then making you kill yourself.
Isn't this like the direct opposite of premeditated?
it's the commission of any felony, not just a violent felony
so it's just a poorly written article then
that makes sense
meanwhile, felony murder rule seems pretty straightforward
but this definitely doesn't seem like the type of case to throw the book at the guy
edit: because it seems contradictory to your first line
so it isn't just any felony, unless defined as such by the state or local jurisdiction
i left out a word
it was a crucial one
whether she was asking for it or not, obv
you're still going to jail pervert
did that killl anyone?
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