Depraved Indifference Murder Case

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On the issue in this case, whether defendants are charged with depraved indifference murder committed by only one defendant if each defendant intentionally aided the defendant who committed the murder. The Court answered yes. Defendants can be charged with depraved indifference murder committed by only one defendant if each defendant intentionally aided the defendant who committed the murder. Depraved indifference murder requires conduct to be wanton, morally deficient, devoid of regard for the lives of others, and “so blameworthy as to warrant the same criminal liability as that which the law imposes upon a person who intentionally causes the death of another.” Ristroph, page 388. Here, in this case, each defendant argues that only one bullet
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