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K.S.A. 21-5403

Murder in the second degree

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case United States v. Schneider (2018)

Most recently applied in United States v. Schneider (September 2018)

L. 2010, ch. 136, § 38; July 1, 2011.

(a) Murder in the second degree is the killing of a human being committed:

(1) Intentionally; or

(2) unintentionally but recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.

(b) Murder in the second degree as defined in:

(1) Subsection (a)(1) is a severity level 1, person felony; and

(2) subsection (a)(2) is a severity level 2, person felony.

Official source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Kansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.