State v. Monroe

statute authorizing punishment of second-degree murder as a class B1 felony under two of three definitions of malice was not ambiguous, and sentencing defendant as a B1 felony offender was not error where jury unanimously found by special verdict form that all three forms of malice had been proven by the state

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statute authorizing punishment of second-degree murder as a class B1 felony under two of three definitions of malice was not ambiguous, and sentencing defendant as a B1 felony offender was not error where jury unanimously found by special verdict form that all three forms of malice had been proven by the state