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Murder/Manslaughter

Crimes Against Person 1

QuestionAnswer
What is the crime of killing a fetus? feticide
What is it called to kill someone without malice aforethought? manslaughter
bodily injury that involves a substantial risk of death; protacted unconsciousness, extreme physical pain, or obvious disfigurement. serious bodily injury
What is extremely reckless killing due to a created substantial unjustible risk? depraved heart murder
What is the act of killing by poisoning, striking, starvin ghese are, drowning, and a thousand other forms by which human nature can be overcome? murder actus reus
What is the rule that to be a person and therefore a homicide victim, a baby has to be capable of breathing and maintaining a heartbeat on its own? born-alive rule
This can include purposeful, knowing, or reckless as the mental element in killing? murder mens rea
Premeditated, deliberate intent to kill murder First-degree murder
These are death penalty cases in death penalty states and "mandatory life sentence without parole" cases in non-death penalty states Capital cases
The requirement that death penalty decisions be made in two phases: Bifurcation procedure
One who intentionally uses a deadly weapon on another person and thereby kills him is presumed to have formed the intent to kill deadly weapon doctrine
What are intentional murders that weren't premediated or deliberate? second-degree murders
Second degree murder that is unintentional such as felony murders, intent to inflict serious bodily harm murders, and depraved heart murders. implied malice murders
What rule states that unintentional killings that happen during the commission of felonies is murder? felony murder rule derives
What's an ancient common law crime that was created by judges consisting of two crimes: voluntarily or involuntarily killing another person? manslaughter
What's a sudden and intentional killing of another person in the heat of anger following adequate provocation? voluntary manslaughter
What's the requirement that the provocation for killing in anger has to be something the law recognizes? adequate provocation
What's the rule stating that words can never adequate provoke a murder to manslaughter? "words can never provoke" rule
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