Delaware · Delaware Code — Title 11, Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Del. Code (Title 11) § 635: Murder in the second degree; class A felony

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

Second-degree murder occurs when a person recklessly causes death showing cruel indifference to human life, or causes death through criminal negligence while committing or fleeing from a felony. It is classified as a class A felony.

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