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Originally Posted by Sion
a prerequisite for a 1st degree murder charge is premediation. I doubt you could make that stick.
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Another, separate, prerequisite is "in the furtherance of another serious criminal offense (kidnapping, robbery, etc.)". They were already embroiled in a pretty serious fit of battery, and killed him. I think you're less likely to convict on "accidentally killed" (manslaughter) when they clearly ganged up on him to do him grievous harm. And if the area has a law regarding vigilantism specifically, then that pretty much locks it up as first degree.