Key legal question
Whether the facts met the statutory elements of assassination under Art. 112 CP rather than ordinary murder.
Extracted holding
Yes. The killing was driven by an extremely futile, egoistic motive and carried out with determination and coldness, showing a complete lack of scruples.
Extracted reasoning
The victim had done nothing to provoke homicidal hatred; the defendant ambushed her, stabbed her six times, and acted with particular brutality. His alcoholism and mild intellectual disability did not affect the qualification, but only sentencing.