Assertion: homicide | /r/HasProperty | murder
Facets:
value: in the second degree
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: A homicide is also a murder in the second degree when a person is killed (by another) while this person is in the act of perpetrating, or in the attempt to perpetrate serious felonies that include the following Arson, Burglary, Robbery, Home-Invasion Robbery, Killing of Another Human Being, Escape, Carjacking, Drug Trafficking, Kidnapping, Aircraft Piracy, Aggravated Child
text: General rule is that a homicide is neither murder nor manslaughter if it is justified or excused such as in the case of self defense.
text: In some cases, homicide is illegal and is considered murder.
text: Although murder is a form of homicide, not all homicides are murder, and some homicides are not criminal acts.
text: Not all homicide is murder, as some killings are manslaughter, and some are lawful, such as when justified by an affirmative defense, like insanity or self-defense.
text: All murders are homicides, but not all homicides are murder.
text: All murder is homicide, but not all homicide is murder.
text: Homicide is the willful, intentional killing of one human being by another, including murder, manslaughter, and vehicular homicide.
text: Under the MPC, a homicide that would otherwise be murder is reduced to manslaughter when committed "under the influence of extreme mental or emotional disturbance for which there is a reasonable explanation or excuse".
text: It is the defendant's subjective - personal / individual - state of mind which determines whether the homicide is murder.