Homicide Flashcards
Wilful
The killer’s purpose in engaging in the act is to kill another person
Deliberate
The killer acted with a cool state of mind
Premeditate
Advance planning occurring before the fatal blow was struck
Describe Agency Theory
Under the agency theory, a felon is responsible only for those crimes committed by someone who is considered the felon’s agent
Describe Proximate Cause Theory
Holds a felon responsible for deaths that are reasonably foreseeable consequences of the felony
Intent to kill
D acted for the purpose of taking human life
Depraved heart carelessness
A wanton and willful disregard of a risk to human life
Voluntary manslaughter
A killing in the heat of passion without adequate cooling time that was provoked such that a reasonable person would have acted rashly and the D was actually provoked into acting rashly
