[mad_as_he$$]

Homicide, Murder1,2,3.

Homicide, mansalughter (varying degrees by State).

Homicide, justified.

Here in Nevada it is what is in the mind of the shooter. The fact that the guy only got 19 months tells me it WAS not a murder conviction. However, once you and your family are out of home safely going back in and shooting the intruder is bad form. Espcially when the wife has already caleld the cops.

[Talisker]

Yeah, on third thought I don't know that murder would apply, certainly not premeditated. But - even if he felt provoked or endangered by the perp, it was because he went back in and stood over him with a gun while his wife called the police. On the other hand, it was his house, and the perp was an invader. On the other other hand, hold someone at gunpoint under non-crisis conditions, and you'd better not have any "accidents." So yeah, homicide rather than murder, of a non-first degree nature.