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The type of homicide that includes crimes where the offender planned and executed the act of killing another person is called first-degree murder. This category typically involves premeditation, intent, and deliberation, showing a high level of culpability and criminal responsibility on the part of the offender.
Voluntary Manslaughter
A charge of murder means the offender pre-planned (pre-meditated) the killing and did it on purpose (with criminal intent). Homicide just means someone killed another person. It may have been an accident or from negligence, in which the offender would still get a prison sentence, just not as harsh if he was found to be guilty of murder.
Respect the victim by executing the offender.
Can be if intent was to kill
Not necessarily.
It is possible to commit the act of murder against someone without having had the INTENT to do so when you first confronted each other. However, if you went to the location KNOWING IN ADVANCE that you were going to kill him.... THAT is Intent.
A homicide in which the intent to kill was present in the mind of the offender but malice was lacking. Most commonly used to describe homicides in which the offender was provoked or otherwise acted in the heat of passion.
Conspiracy to commit murder means that the person had full intent and plans to commit a murder. Also known as premeditated murder.
The discharge of a firearm with the intent to kill someone is first degree homicide (or occasionally self defense).
In the common law, malice murder describes murder committed with malice. Duh, right? But there are some things to know.Malice means intent to kill.Therefore: Any murder committed with the intent to kill is malice murder, BUT the common law recognizes 2 types of malice:Express malice: The perpetrator actually had the intent to killInferred malice: The perpetrator didn't have the intent to kill, but he caused a death in such a way that he is just as bad as the perpetrator who does intend to kill.] Inferred malice can happen in three ways:causing a death with extreme recklessnesscausing a death with the intent to cause serious bodily injurycaused the death of a person, on purpose or inadvertently, while committing a particular felony (this is called felony murder and does not exist in every state)Confused yet? :) Remember:Malice (express or implied) = intent to killMurder committed with the intent to kill is malice murderSo any murder committed with express or implied malice is malice murder.Remember:Express malice is easy.Example: A gal who means to kill someone is guilty of express malice [intent-to-kill] murder because she intended to kill her victim.It's implied malice that's tricky.Example: A drunk guy who rides a unicycle backwards into a crowded wedding tent while waving a can of gasoline in one hand and a flaming torch in another may not mean to kill anyone, but his behavior is so extremely reckless that he is as guilty as the gal who kills someone on purpose. That is, he is guilty of inferred malice [also intent-to-kill] murder.
Voluntary manslaughter is the killing of a human being in which the offender had no prior intent to kill and acted during "the heat of passion ...