California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Palmer, 185 Cal.App.2d 737, 8 Cal.Rptr. 482 (Cal. App. 1960):
"Murder of the second degree: a willful act characterized by the presence of malice aforethought and, at least ordinarily, by the specific intent to kill, and by the absence of premeditation and deliberation.' People v. Bender, 27 Cal.2d 164, 181-182, 163 P.2d 8, 18.
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