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Criminal Law

Grading Intentional Homicide

In all of the cases in this section, the defendant intentionally killed the victim. However we will see that these killings fall into three possible categories -- first degree murder, second degree murder, and voluntary manslaughter. We will focus on the lines drawn between these categories.