{"id":375701,"date":"2016-03-31T21:36:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T02:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/state\/ohio-law\/ohio-second-degree-murder-laws.html"},"modified":"2016-06-20T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T19:00:00","slug":"ohio-second-degree-murder-laws","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/state\/ohio-law\/ohio-second-degree-murder-laws.html","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Second Degree Murder Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ohio Second-Degree Murder Laws<\/h1>\n
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Murder in the second degree<\/a> is the intentional killing of another person, or a death caused while committing a felony. But unlike first degree murder, it is not premeditated or planned. And unlike voluntary manslaughter, it is not committed in the "heat of passion." Ohio statute defines the crime as either:<\/p>\n