Say I hire someone to kill my wife, but my wife gets the better of him and kills him in self-defense.

Am I guilty of

1. Attempted murder
2. Murder (presumably second-degree)
3. Felony murder (with the murder conspiracy as the predicate felony)

Yes, this is the plot of _Dial M For Murder_ and yes, [this question](https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/104473/dial-m-for-murder/104496#104496) got me thinking.

I was reading the New York State statutes closely and it wasn’t clear to me.  They don’t list murder itself as a predicate felony — I assume because accidentally knocking off some random bystander definitely still counts as a regular murder — but the felony-murder rule explicitly excludes co-participants, which feels fair.  Is there any case law?