Cagle
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I'm quite an amateur compared to all of ya'll... what exactly does 1st degree murder entail? Pre-meditation? Is it different from state to state?
Under Colorado law, first-degree murder is the deliberate and premeditated killing of another human being with malice aforethought. It differs from second-degree murder in that it requires extreme indifference to human life generally rather than the intent to take the life of a particular person.1
In Colorado you also commit first-degree murder when:
- Someone other than a co-conspirator dies during your commission or attempted commission of arson, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, or sexual assault (“felony murder”);
- As a result of your perjury or subornation of perjury, an innocent person is convicted and executed;
- Under circumstances evidencing extreme indifference to the value of human life, you cause the death of another person by knowingly engaging in conduct which creates a grave risk of death;
- You unlawfully distribute, dispense, or sell a controlled substance to a child under 18 on school grounds and the child dies from using the substance; or
- While occupying a position of trust with respect to a child under 12, you knowingly causing the death of the child.