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In reply to the discussion: Five of the six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray are now in police custody [View all]Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)The malevolent states of mind that qualify are: (1) the intent to kill, (2) the intent to do grievous bodily harm, (3) the intent to do an act under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life (depraved heart), or (4) the intent to commit a dangerous felony. Id. The General Assembly has determined that certain murders qualify as murder in the first degree, such as murders committed in the perpetration of enumerated felonies or any kind of willful, deliberate and premeditated killing. See Maryland Code, Article 27 §§ 407410 (1957, 1996 Repl.Vol.) (setting forth the various circumstances in which a murder will be classified as murder in the first degree). Second-degree murder includes all other types of murder. See Code, Art. 27 § 411 (All other kinds of murder shall be deemed murder in the second degree.).
Harrison v. State, 382 Md. 477 (2004)