[1] In Florida, a person is guilty of first-degree murder when it is perpetrated from a premeditated design to result in the death of a human being.
[4] The predicate felonies that will support a charge of first degree murder under the statute are:[5][6] Second-degree murder is defined as either the killing of another human being during the commission of a second-degree felony, or through an act that is imminently dangerous to human life demonstrating a depraved mind.
[7] Florida also recognizes the offense of attempted felony murder, codified in F.S.
The offense punishes those that act in a way that can kill another person during the commission of one of the predicate felonies.
[7][10] For juvenile offenders tried as adults, the standard maximum sentence for first- and second-degree murder is life-with-parole after 15 years if the death was unintentional, and 25 years of the death was intentional.