What is a murder that is premeditated and deliberate?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Alvarez, B245768 (Cal. App. 2014):
First degree murder is a murder that is "willful, deliberate, and premeditated[.]" ( 189.) A murder is premeditated when it is "considered beforehand;" it is deliberate when it is formed or determined after "careful thought and weighing of considerations for and against the proposed course of action." (People v. Mayfield (1997) 14 Cal.4th 668, 767.) Put another way, a murder is premeditated and deliberate "if it occurred as the result of preexisting thought and reflection rather than unconsidered or rash impulse." (People v. Stitely (2005) 35 Cal.4th 514, 543.)
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