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Second Degree Murder Case Study

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I agreed with the conviction of second degree murder. Cindy was a kind daughter to her parents but got pushed to the point in the wrong place at the wrong time. Cindy did not plan to kill her mother prior to the murder so she could not have been convicted with murder of the first degree. The details of Cindy's case fit more in the criteria of second degree murder than manslaughter. At the time of the murder Cindy was not in the right state of mind. She took a dosage of the medication she hadn't taken for awhile and it caused her to have side effects, not to mention that she also had mixed drinks. Cindy cannot specifically recall what led up to her mother and her getting physical. There is not witness to what happened that night, therefore
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