ROBERTS, Justice, concurring. Although I concur in the result, I must point out that the majority has misstated the definition of murder of the first degree. The majority states that specific intent is the element which distinguishes murder of the first degree from lesser degrees of murder. Rather, to amount to murder of the first degree, a killing must also be “willful, deliberate and premeditated.” 18 Pa…
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