Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 125.00 — Homicide defined
N.Y. Penal Law § 125.00
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Penal Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 125.00 Homicide defined.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 125.00 — Homicide defined is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 125.00 Homicide defined.
Homicide means conduct which causes the death of a person under circumstances constituting murder, manslaughter in the first degree, manslaughter in the second degree, or criminally negligent homicide.