Intent isn't what makes a murder first degree or second degree, but it is what makes a culpable homicide murder (depending on the facts at hand). The main issue there is the word "caused" in the criminal code definition of murder, and how that test works in this context. Not being a criminal lawyer I couldn't tell you, without doing some research. Perhaps one of the resident criminal lawyers could.
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