Part I: How many different ways can a criminal homicide be committed in your jurisdiction? What are the distinguishing elements, factors or characteristics between the different offenses? Refer to the Texas Penal Code
Part II:
Courts have held that "premeditation" for purposes of first-degree murder may take place in a moment before the killing. How might a prosecutor establish premeditation in a case where the defendant killed the victim without a plan to kill and without deciding to commit the murder or deliberating the issue "ahead of time?"