A person commits murder in the second degree when the person commits murder which is not murder in the first degree.
Murder in the second degree is a class "B" felony. However, notwithstanding section 902.9, subsection 2, the maximum sentence for a person convicted under this section shall be a period of confinement of not more than fifty years.
[C51, § 2570; R60, § 4193; C73, § 3850; C97, § 4729; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12912; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 690.3; C79, 81, § 707.3; 82 Acts, ch 1239, § 1]
Referred to in § 13.10, 331.802, 902.12, 910.3A
Definition of forcible felony, § 702.11
Eligibility for deferred judgment, deferred sentence, suspended sentence, § 907.3
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