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All those big outfits are murder in the first degree.
Their decision was "guilty of murder in the first degree."
He was charged with attempted murder in the first degree.
"Murder in the first degree rests on her testimony and nothing more."
He was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death.
"That stuff's murder in the first degree, but it does the job and it's fast."
But it will sound a lot worse if a jury comes back and says you're guilty of murder in the first degree.
"I have the trial experience that has taken me from minor trials to trying cases of murder in the first degree."
Anyway, she got life for murder in the first degree.'
On the sole count of the indictment, murder in the first degree, how do you find?
You killed, you committed murder in the first degree, for no reason.
Convicted July 6, 1997 - murder in the first degree (16 years old tried as an adult).
You're being tried for murder in the first degree."
But most of all there are two counts of murder in the first degree.
Convicted May 2, 1993 - Murder in the first degree.
Convicted again June 6, 1961 - Murder in the first degree.
In those days, murder in the first degree was a capital offense.
"We are investigating whether there is any evidence that would enable us to raise the charge to murder in the first degree."
Murder in the first degree is another one.
Convicted May 14, 1997 - Two counts of murder in the first degree.
She was indicted for murder in the first degree and held for trial at the summer term.
Thus there is no premeditation, and so no murder in the first degree.
My God, she thought, as she calmly took the stairs out the back way, that was murder in the first degree.
Convicted November 7, 1997 - Murder in the first degree, assault.
Convicted of murder in the first degree in 1998 and parole was extended to 40 years.