Felony Murder Rule

"Mike Daley and ex-wife Rosie Fernandez stare down old demons as they return to work at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office where they started their careers and their relationship twenty years earlier. Now as co-heads of the Felony Division, they spend more time running the office and supervising younger attorneys than trying cases. That changes quickly when Mike is compelled to represent Thomas Nguyen. The high school senior was arrested under California's archaic 'felony murder rule, ' which says you can be convicted of first degree murder if you're present when someone is killed during the course of a felony, even if you don't pull the trigger"--Back cover.