{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s918","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f918.","heading":"Art. 118. Murder","text":"\u00a7\u202f918.\nArt. 118. Murder\nAny person subject to this chapter who, without justification or excuse, unlawfully kills a human being, when such person\u2014\n(1) has a premeditated design to kill;\n(2) intends to kill or inflict great bodily harm;\n(3) is engaged in an act which is inherently dangerous to another and evinces a wanton disregard of human life; or\n(4) is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of burglary, rape, rape of a child, sexual assault, sexual assault of a child, aggravated sexual contact, sexual abuse of a child, robbery, or aggravated arson;\nis guilty of murder, and shall suffer such punishment as a court-martial may direct, except that if found guilty under clause (1) or (4), such person shall suffer death or imprisonment for life as a court-martial may direct, unless such person is otherwise sentenced in accordance with a plea agreement entered into between the parties under\nsection 853a of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s918.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s918","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f918."},{"t":"heading","text":"Art. 118. Murder","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Any person subject to this chapter who, without justification or excuse, unlawfully kills a human being, when such person\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s918/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" has a premeditated design to kill;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s918/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" intends to kill or inflict great bodily harm;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s918/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" is engaged in an act which is inherently dangerous to another and evinces a wanton disregard of human life; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s918/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of burglary, rape, rape of a child, sexual assault, sexual assault of a child, aggravated sexual contact, sexual abuse of a child, robbery, or aggravated arson;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"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), such person shall suffer death or imprisonment for life as a court-martial may direct, unless such person is otherwise sentenced in accordance with a plea agreement entered into between the parties under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 853a of this title","href":"/us/usc/t10/s853a","tail":" (article 53a)."}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}