[CaptainCrunch]

I've always wondered about the interpretation of intent.

When he slashed the guys throat it could have been an impulse crime, but when he stabbed the victim 5 times its pretty much a given that he intended to kill the victim.

I remember my dad being on a jury on a horrible murder case where a guy came home and found his wife and a friend in bed and he went to the kitchen and got a knife and went back in the room and killed his wife.

Those moments where he paused to go and get the knife was what moved him up to a guilty sentence in first degree murder. Those seconds of getting a weapon.

When you slash a guys throat and then proceed to stab him 5 more times and then continue to physically assault the victim, your intending to kill him.