Name the three circumstances in which murder in the first degree is committed.

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Murder in the first degree is committed under the following circumstances:

An intentional killing aggravated by premeditation and deliberation
An unintentional killing committed by poison, torture, ambush, or bomb
A killing occurring during the commission of specifically enumerated or inherently 
dangerous felonies (according to the felony murder rule)

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