The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.
Defendant has been convicted of second-degree conspiracy to commit aggravated arson. N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2; N.J.S.A. 2C:17-1a. The question is whether he may be convicted of felony murder even though acquitted of the underlying felony of aggravated arson. We find that unusual circumstances in the sequence and delivery of the instructions to the jury led the jury to predicate its conviction of felony murder...
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