Jack and Jill plan to shoplift from a convenience store. While Jack walked out with a case of beer he did not pay for, the store clerk confronted Jill, who shot and killed the clerk. Both Jack and Jill are apprehended and charged with first-degree murder. What does this case illustrate?

A. 50 percent plus feather test
B. felony-murder rule
C. right-wrong test
D. equality-in-charging rule


B. felony-murder rule

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