1993 Alaska Statutes
TITLE 11 CRIMINAL LAW
Chapter 11.41 OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON
Section 11.41.100 MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
(a) A person commits the crime of murder in the first degree if
(1) with intent to cause the death of another person, the person
(A) causes the death of any person; or
(B) compels or induces any person to commit suicide through duress or deception; or
(2) the person knowingly engages, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, in a pattern or practice of assault or torture of a child under the age of 16, and one of the acts of assault or torture results in the death of the child; for purposes of this paragraph, a person "engages in a pattern or practice of assault or torture" if the person inflicts serious physical injury to the child by at least two separate acts, and one of the acts results in the death of the child.
(b) Murder in the first degree is an unclassified felony and is punishable as provided in AS 12.55.
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