Penal Law § 125.00 · Article 125. Homicide and Related Offenses
Homicide defined
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§ 125.00 Homicide defined.
Homicide means conduct which causes the death of a person under circumstances constituting murder, manslaughter in the first degree, manslaughter in the second degree, or criminally negligent homicide.
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