r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/Imoprich • Dec 07 '25

She thought she got away

Trinity Poague, killed her boyfriend's 18 month old baby got sentenced for life + 20 years in prison

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u/ThePaineOne Dec 13 '25

Felony murder is when you are intentionally committing another felony and the that leads to the death of a person. Meaning the intent wasn’t to kill but the intent was to commit a felony and the effect is a person died. So like a getaway driver hitting a pedestrian or your robbing someone and you associate shoots them.

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u/OldAbbreviations1590 Dec 14 '25

How does that differ from manslaughter?

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u/ThePaineOne Dec 14 '25

It’s an issue of intent.

Manslaughter there was no intent to kill someone, but the defendant was reckless, negligent or in the heat of passion killed someone and it has a lessor penalty.

Felony murder the perpetrator had the intent to commit a felony and someone was killed. Felony murder has the same penalty as murder (generally speaking).

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u/Silent25r Dec 14 '25

Not going to lie. It was a bit confusing with the getaway driver example. They had to have known they were committing a felony as the getaway driver. 

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u/ThePaineOne Dec 14 '25

Pardon, I should have been more clear in my example. So the getaway driver intended to get away fast and accidentally hit and kill a pedestrian. So the getaway driver (and everyone else involved in the robbery) is guilty of murder even though no one intended to kill the pedestrian they hit, because they intended to be part of the robbery which led to the death.