Opinion ID: 2520543
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Additional Cases from Other Jurisdictions

Text: The cases cited by Auman to support her view that, as a matter of law, arrest terminates a co-participant's liability for felony murder do not support a different reading of Colorado's felony-murder statute. These cases fall into one of two categories. First, they involve either the arrest of a sole participant or the arrest of all participants, and, as a matter of law, arrest therefore terminates liability for felony murder. [12] The same would be true under our statute as well if Auman had been the only participant, or if Auman and all of her co-participants had been arrested, and the death occurred after arrest. Second, there exists precedent from other jurisdictions where, as a matter of law, the statute in question dictates that arrest terminates liability. [13] Neither category applies to this case.