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21-3401

Chapter 21.--CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
PART II.--PROHIBITED CONDUCT
Article 34.--CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS

      21-3401.   Murder in the first degree. Murder in the first degree is the killing of a human being committed:

      (a)   Intentionally and with premeditation; or

      (b)   in the commission of, attempt to commit, or flight from an inherently dangerous felony as defined in K.S.A. 21-3436 and amendments thereto.

      Murder in the first degree is an off-grid person felony.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3401; L. 1972, ch. 112, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 87, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 100, § 2; L. 1991, ch. 85, § 4; L. 1992, ch. 298, § 3; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 18; July 1.