(6)2.1.2 Murder in the First Degree: Difference between revisions
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A person is guilty of Murder in the First Degree under this | A [[(6)1_Definitions#(6)1.1_Person|person]] is guilty of <b>Murder in the First Degree</b> under this subsection if he or she: | ||
(a) unlawfully ends the life of another person, willfully and with premeditation; or | (a) unlawfully ends the life of another person, [[(6)1_Definitions#(6)1.2_Willfully|willfully]] and with [[(6)1_Definitions#(6)1.5_Premeditation|premeditation]]; or | ||
(b) unlawfully ends the life of another person while committing, attempting to commit, or in immediate flight from any felony inherently dangerous to human life; or | (b) unlawfully ends the life of another person while committing, attempting to commit, or in immediate flight from any felony inherently dangerous to human life; or | ||
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(g) unlawfully ends the life of another person in a domestic-violence context where the defendant has one or more prior convictions for domestic-violence offenses involving the same victim or involving a prior intimate partner. | (g) unlawfully ends the life of another person in a domestic-violence context where the defendant has one or more prior convictions for domestic-violence offenses involving the same victim or involving a prior intimate partner. | ||
Murder in the First Degree is a Class A+ Felony. | Murder in the First Degree is a <b>Class A+ Felony</b>. | ||
Latest revision as of 11:19, 11 December 2025
A person is guilty of Murder in the First Degree under this subsection if he or she:
(a) unlawfully ends the life of another person, willfully and with premeditation; or
(b) unlawfully ends the life of another person while committing, attempting to commit, or in immediate flight from any felony inherently dangerous to human life; or
(c) unlawfully ends the life of another person through deliberate acts that manifest an extreme indifference to human life; or
(d) unlawfully ends the life of another person by administering poison, or by lying in wait, or by any other method traditionally recognized as particularly deliberate or concealed; or
(f) unlawfully ends the life of another person who was, at the time of the offense, protected by an active restraining order, no-contact order, or protection order issued against the defendant; or
(g) unlawfully ends the life of another person in a domestic-violence context where the defendant has one or more prior convictions for domestic-violence offenses involving the same victim or involving a prior intimate partner.
Murder in the First Degree is a Class A+ Felony.