What is sufficient evidence to sustain a finding of premeditation and deliberation in a murder trial?

The type of evidence which courts have found sufficient to sustain a finding of premeditation and deliberation fall into three basic categories: (1) facts about how and what the defendant did prior to the actual killing which show that the defendant was engaged in activity directed toward, and explicable as intended to result in, the killing (i.e., planning activities); (2) facts about the defendant's prior relationship and/or conduct with the victim from which the jury could reasonably infer a motive to kill the victim; and (3) facts about the manner of the killing from which the jury could infer a preconceived design to take the victim's life. People v.

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