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Homicide

Murder, manslaughter, felony murder and criminal negligence causing death — the cases where the question is not only what happened, but what the accused meant.

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Red-Light Ambush 1964 People v. La Voie — Murder
The Promise to Feed 1992 Commonwealth v. Pestinikas — Third-Degree Murder (by Omission)
Too Drunk to Care 1983 People v. Register — Depraved Indifference Murder
The Owner Shot First 1965 People v. Washington — Felony Murder
The Christmas Eve Shooting 1987 State v. Forrest — Murder — First Degree
The Vail Collision 2000 People v. Hall — Manslaughter — Reckless (Felony)
The Scissors 1980 State v. Kelly — Reckless Manslaughter (as lesser included offence of murder)
The Second Shooter 1977 People v. Dlugash — Murder — Second Degree
The Cellmate Confession 1990 Illinois v. Perkins — First-Degree Murder
The Party Fight 1967 United States v. Brawner — Murder — Second Degree
The Farmhouse Stabbing 1983 State v. Leidholm — Murder
The Rutherford County Shooting 1989 State v. Norman — Murder — First Degree
The Mountain Road 1970 Keeler v. Superior Court — Murder — Second Degree
The Neglected Infant 1962 Jones v. United States — Involuntary Manslaughter — Failure to Provide Food and Necessities
The Broken Door 1980 Payton v. New York — Murder (First Degree)
The Subway Vigilante 1987 People v. Goetz — Attempted Murder — Second Degree (4 Counts)
The Backyard Standoff 1973 United States v. Peterson — Manslaughter
The Loaded Gun on the Windowsill 1963 Commonwealth v. Carroll — Murder — First Degree
The Last Call 1983 People v. Watson — Murder — Second Degree (2 Counts)
The Rib House 1994 State v. Guthrie — Murder — First Degree
The Backyard 1986 People v. Oliver — Involuntary Manslaughter
The Toothache 1968 State v. Williams — Manslaughter — Failure to Provide Medical Care
The Sinking Longboat 1842 United States v. Holmes — Manslaughter on the High Seas
The General Amusement Company 1965 People v. Stamp — Murder — First Degree (Felony Murder); First-Degree Robbery
The Telephone Cord 1976 People v. Berry — Murder — First Degree
The Presa Canarios 2002 People v. Knoller — Murder — Second Degree
The Station-House Interrogation 1979 Dunaway v. New York — Attempted Murder; Robbery
The Listening Cellmate 1986 Kuhlmann v. Wilson — Murder; Robbery
The Cocoanut Grove 1943 Commonwealth v. Welansky — Involuntary Manslaughter — 19 Counts
The Last Ride to Canandaigua 1974 People v. Kibbe — Murder — Second Degree (Depraved Indifference)
The Canned Heat 1969 Commonwealth v. Feinberg — Involuntary Manslaughter — Multiple Counts
The Rejection 1977 People v. Casassa — Murder — Second Degree
The Early Morning Stop 1968 People v. Newton — Murder — Second Degree

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