Comber v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that the mens rea element of second-degree murder may be satisfied by the specific intent to kill, the specific intent to inflict serious bodily harm, or depraved heart murder
• explaining the two types of self-de-ferise claims and their interaction with the various types of homicide charges
• “The absence of justification, excuse, or mitigation is thus an essential component of malice, and in turn of second-degree murder, on which the government bears the ultimate burden of persuasion”
• “The absence of justification, excuse, or mitigation is . . . an essential component of malice, and in turn of second- degree murder, on which the government bears the ultimate burden of persuasion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).