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First-degree murder

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United States Supreme Court

the killing of a human in prescribed situations, including where the offender, with specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm, takes another's life while perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate aggravated kidnaping, aggravated rape, or armed robbery.

Defined by the Supreme Court in Roberts v. Louisiana, 428 U.S. 325 (1976).