10 USC 918 - Sec. 918. Art. 118. Murder

10 USC - U.S. Code - Title 10: Armed Forces (January 2004)


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Any person subject to this chapter who, without justification or excuse, unlawfully kills a human being, when he - (1) has a premeditated design to kill; (2) intends to kill or inflict great bodily harm; (3) is engaged in an act which is inherently dangerous to another and evinces a wanton disregard of human life; or (4) is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of burglary, sodomy, rape, robbery, or aggravated arson; is guilty of murder, and shall suffer such punishment as a court-martial may direct, except that if found guilty under clause (1) or (4), he shall suffer death or imprisonment for life as a court-martial may direct.


Historical And Revision Notes

Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at section Large)

918 50:712. May 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec. 1 (Art. 118), 64 Stat. 140.

The words "of this section" are omitted as surplusage.

AMENDMENTS 1992 - Par. (3). Pub. L. 102-484 substituted "another" for "others".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 102-484 effective Oct. 23, 1992, and applicable with respect to offenses committed on or after that date, see section 1067 of Pub. L. 102-484, set out as a note under section 803 of this title.

Section Referred To In Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 919, 929, 937 of this title.

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