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     609.195 Murder in the third degree. 

    (a) Whoever, without intent to effect the death of any 
 person, causes the death of another by perpetrating an act 
 eminently dangerous to others and evincing a depraved mind, 
 without regard for human life, is guilty of murder in the third 
 degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 25 
 years. 

    (b) Whoever, without intent to cause death, proximately 
 causes the death of a human being by, directly or indirectly, 
 unlawfully selling, giving away, bartering, delivering, 
 exchanging, distributing, or administering a controlled 
 substance classified in schedule I or II, is guilty of murder in 
 the third degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not 
 more than 25 years or to payment of a fine of not more than 
 $40,000, or both. 

    HIST: 1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.195; 1977 c 130 s 3; 1981 c 227 s 
 11; 1987 c 176 s 1 

Copyright 2005 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.