MURDER

In Arizona over the last decade, there have been an average of nearly 350 murders reported each year. If you are under investigation of such a serious offense, you need a top-quality lawyer like Josh Blumenreich as quickly as possible. In Arizona, first-degree murder is defined as an unlawful killing that is both willful and premeditated, meaning that it was committed after planning or "lying in wait" for the victim. Arizona also adheres to a legal concept known as the "felony murder rule," under which a person commits first-degree murder if any death (even an accidental one) results from the commission of certain violent felonies-usually arson, burglary, kidnapping, rape, and robbery.

**Source of crime definitions: FindLaw for the Public. Additional information provided by the Arizona State Legislature and the Arizona Disaster Center.