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KSA 021-054-0002 – Murder in the first degree | Kansas Law

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KSA 021-054-0002 – Murder in the first degree

Kansas Statutes Annotated § KSA 021-054-0002

Statute Summary

21-5402.Murder in the first degree.(a) Murder in the first degree is the killing of a human being committed: (2) in the commission of, attempt to commit, or flight from any inherently dangerous felony. (b) Murder in the first degree is an off-grid person felony. (c) As used in this section, an "inherently dangerous felony" means: (1) Any of the following felonies, whether such felony is so distinct from the homicide alleged to be a violation of subsection (a)(2) as not to be an ingredient of

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