Murder committed by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or committed in perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate arson, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping, robbery, or burglary shall be murder in the first degree. All other kinds of murder shall be murder in the second degree.
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 2301
Murder; degrees defined
Amended 1983, No. 23, § 1; 2018, No. 8 (Sp
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