Cite as: 21 CNCA § 701.8

Homicide is murder in the second degree in the following cases:

1. When perpetrated by an act imminently dangerous to another person and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual; or

2. When perpetrated by a person engaged in the commission of any crime other than the unlawful acts set out in 21 CNCA § 701.7(B).

Historical Data

LA 10–90, eff. November 13, 1990.