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    D’Angelo Burgess Fled From Police. Does That Make Him a Killer?

    An Oklahoma case raises issues about both felony murder charges and high-speed police pursuits.
    by Beth Schwartzapfel May 30, 2019 4 minutes

    D’Angelo Burgess was at least 100 yards away from the high-speed car crash that killed Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. Heath Meyer in July 2017. Meyer was struck by a fellow trooper who lost control of his cruiser as he sped north in pursuit of Burgess on Interstate 35 near the Oklahoma City line.

    But in March Burgess was convicted of first-degree felony murder in Meyer's death. He faces life in prison at sentencing later this month.

    Experts say the Burgess case stretches the felony murder rule—a rule that five states have recently reassessed—to its breaking point. “Is it fair to charge this person with felony murder? No, not in my view,” said Guyora

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