LYING IN WAIT
DEPRAVED HEART
HOMICIDE
NOT AN ADEQUATE PROVOCATION
ADEQUATE PROVOCATION
MALICE
VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
CORPUS DELICTI
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
LEGAL DEATH
2ND DEGREE MURDER
1ST DEGREE MURDER
FELONY MURDER
a planned and calculated killing
prosecutors have to prove that the defendant's action or non action caused the victim's death
an ambush style killing
a killing that is not planned and is done with malice or a depraved heart
when someone dies as a result of someone's gross negligence; no intent to kill and no malice- accidental deaths
killing because you catch your spouse in bed cheating (in MD)
a human being kills another human being
wanting to cause a death, inflict serious bodily injury, or don't care if someone lives or dies
provoked in a way that a rational person is caused to kill; no significant time passes between being provoked and the killing
a killing that is intentional with no malice or done in the heat of passion (heat of the moment)- provoked to kill
an act or lack of action that shows a person has no regard for the value of human life (extreme indifference)
a death that occurs as a direct result of a committing a felony
irreversible brain death
