Examples of 'second-degree murder' in a sentence

Meaning of "second-degree murder"

second-degree murder - Second-degree murder is a legal term referring to a criminal offense where an individual unlawfully kills another person with malice aforethought, but without premeditation or deliberation
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  • The criminal offence of murder in a form defined as less serious than first-degree murder; the precise distinction may vary by jurisdiction but typically involves second-degree murder being intentional but not premeditated.
  • An act that constitutes the crime of second-degree murder.

How to use "second-degree murder" in a sentence

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Second-degree murder does not require premeditation.
My client will plead second-degree murder.
He will cop to second-degree murder if you will recommend a reduced sentence.
You are being charged with second-degree murder.
Both first and second-degree murder require malice aforethought.
Guilty to a lesser degree of second-degree murder.
He was charged with second-degree murder as well as weapons possession.
I am going to agree to the commutation of second-degree murder.
He was convicted of second-degree murder the following year.
He was found guilty of three counts of second-degree murder.
Luby was convicted of second-degree murder in the second trial.
They plan to use it as evidence to convict me of second-degree murder.
We are about to file second-degree murder charges again.
They are arguing whether to make it first or second-degree murder.
The offer is two second-degree murder charges.

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Cardenas was sentenced to life imprisonment for second-degree murder.
Prosecutors are preparing second-degree murder charges in that case.
So he should trust your recommendation that he plead to second-degree murder.
He was charged with second-degree murder for killing his wife.
The indictment will be amended to second-degree murder.
Second-degree murder instead of first because the scissors were there.
Hernandez was charged with second-degree murder.
A second-degree murder occurs in an event where death was not planned for.
Carr was charged with second-degree murder.
This second-degree murder would carry no fixed or minimum jail term.
The indictment would be second-degree murder.
Second-degree murder is committed when a person knowingly causes the death of another person.
He did not even try to second-degree murder me.
One count of second-degree murder and nine counts of conspiracy to commit second-degree murder.
A boy was later convicted of second-degree murder.
He has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his partner, Véronique Barbe.
Guilty of the lesser charge of second-degree murder.
The essential elements of second-degree murder differ from those of first degree murder.
The defendant is charged with second-degree murder.
First and second-degree murder cases require three Board Members.
He could have been convicted of second-degree murder or manslaughter.
You will be very lucky to be convicted of manslaughter, much more likely second-degree murder.
He could also be found guilty of second-degree murder or manslaughter.
They acquitted Strickland-Green on the more serious count of intentional second-degree murder.
Both were later convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to prison.
Then you probably know you could be convicted of second-degree murder.
Watson faces a charge of second-degree murder and an attempted murder charge.
Antoine was originally charged with second-degree murder.
Bateson was charged with second-degree murder and detained while awaiting trial.
Any other homicide is considered second-degree murder.
Dennis Oland second-degree murder trial continues in Saint.
They are charging you with second-degree murder.
And if I get a second-degree murder conviction, I will be barred from practicing.
They are charging him with second-degree murder.
Yeah, charged with second-degree murder in the death of Terrence Rourke at the Chateau Hotel.

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