FIRST-DEGREE Definition & Meaning

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first-degree

[ furst-di-gree ]

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adjective

of or relating to the lowest or first in a series.
of or relating to the highest or most serious in a series.

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The Menendez brothers were convicted of first-degree murder in 1996 and sentenced to life without parole for the 1989 shotgun killings of their parents, Kitty and Jose Menendez.

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Louisiana officials issued an arrest warrant for two counts of first-degree murder.

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Saldivar was convicted of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison.

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A jury convicted Saldívar of first-degree murder in 1995.

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Yolanda Saldívar, now 64, has spent three decades in prison following her conviction for first-degree murder.

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