2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 14 - Crimes
Chapter 45 - Homicide
§ 922. First and second degree murder defined

Universal Citation: V.I. Code tit. 14, § 922 (2019)
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  • (a) All murder which—

    • (1) is perpetrated by means of poison, lying in wait, torture, detonation of a bomb or by any other kind of willful, deliberate and premeditated killing;

    • (2) is committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate arson, burglary, kidnapping, rape, robbery or mayhem, assault in the first degree, assault in the second degree, assault in the third degree and larceny; or

    • (3) is committed against (A) an official, law enforcement officer, or other officer or employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands while working with law enforcement officials in furtherance of a criminal investigation (i) while the victim is engaged in the performance of official duties; (ii) because of the performance of the victim's official duties; or (iii) because of the victim's status as a public servant; or (B) any person assisting a criminal investigation, while that assistance is being rendered and because it is first degree murder;

  • is murder in the first degree.

  • (b) All other kinds of murder are murder in the second degree.

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