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Originally Posted by nik-
But you said "but premeditation is literally the action of deciding to kill someone, under any circumstance other than self defence". So it doesn't matter that it was in anger and that they didn't think about the consequences. They decided to kill, so according to you that's 1st degree murder.
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no because the law allows for you to do something without thinking, that is the purpose of 2nd degree, you were in a fight with your wife, angry or drunk, you stab her with a kitchen knife in an act of rage. It was an act a reasonable person would know would cause death, I think the laws explanation does include the phrase 'a reasonable person' but you didn't plan her death, you acted without thinking.