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