The article does not say what happened to the other burglar. Shouldn’t he be charged as an accessory to murder??
This guy already confessed and dimed out his accomplice. They're probably still working the second guy over.
It'll be an open and shut case. These two morons didn't even try to get away with it.
Most states he also gets murder 1 when he is caught. As a practical matter, he would most likely get a lesser sentence than the one who actually shot the victim, but that is not a 100% certainty.
Most places would charge the accomplice with capital murder because he was part of the crime which resulted in someone being killed.
That would also hold true if the homeowner had killed one of the thieves.