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