second degree manslaughter
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second degree murder — An unpremeditated killing, resulting from an assault in which death of the victim was a distinct possibility. Second degree murder is different from first degree murder, which is a premeditated, intentional killing; or results from a vicious… … Law dictionary
second-degree murder — /sɛkənd dəgri ˈmɜdə/ (say sekuhnd duhgree merduh) noun US → manslaughter (def. 2) …
manslaughter — man·slaugh·ter / man ˌslȯ tər/ n: the unlawful killing of a human being without malice compare homicide, murder involuntary manslaughter: manslaughter resulting from the failure to perform a legal duty expressly required to safeguard human life … Law dictionary
murder in the second degree — The killing of a person by intent but without premeditation or deliberation, or, as otherwise stated, without malice aforethought or express malice. 26 Am J1st Homi § 38. Roughly stated, any offense of murder not in the first degree. Murder… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Second Opinion (Law & Order episode) — Second Opinion is the 89th episode of NBC s legal drama Law Order, and the season premiere of fifth season.PlotA teacher collapses in her classroom and is taken to a hospital emergency room. When she experiences heart failure, a smell of cyanide… … Wikipedia
Manslaughter — For other uses, see Manslaughter (disambiguation). Homicide … Wikipedia
manslaughter — The unlawful killing of another, without malice, and either voluntary, as when the act is committed with a real design and purpose to kill, but through the violence of sudden passion, occasioned by some great provocation, which in tenderness for… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Michael Griffith (manslaughter victim) — Michael Griffith (1963–1986) was a 23 year old man who was born in Trinidad and who lived in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, who was killed after being hit by a car in Howard Beach, Queens, New York, on December 20, 1986. Griffith was chased onto a … Wikipedia
Manslaughter in English law — Homicide Murder … Wikipedia
first degree murder — The intentional killing of another person by someone who has acted willfully, deliberately, or with planning. All murder that is committed with poison or by lying in wait is first degree murder. Category: Criminal Law Category: Small Claims Court … Law dictionary
