Abstract :
This research intended to know the consideration of the judge in making decision of planned
murder criminal action and whether the decision of the judge in planned murder criminal action
had been appropriate to the implementation of the Article 340 of Criminal Code. This research
was a descriptive research, and if it seems from the purpose it includes as normative legal
research. The location of research was in Sleman State Court. The type of data used was
secondary data. The technique of data collection used was documentary study, either from books,
regulations, and archives. Technique of data analysis used was qualitative analysis technique by
interactive model. Based on this research it gained result that decision of the judge in taking
decision of planned murder criminal action were: the facts founded in the trial session, whether
the elements of the article sued by the general prosecutor to the accused had been fulfilled, there
are at least two valid verifying materials, the faith of the judge that a criminal action has been
actually happened and the accused who has been founded as guilty to conduct this crime,
whether there are any matters can be a verifying reason or forgiving reason which can decrease
the characteristic of legal violation from the action of the accused, and the consideration on the
matters that make heavier or decrease the charge of the accused. The decision of the judge in
criminal action of murder which is conducted intentionally has been appropriate to the
implementation of the Article 340 of Criminal Code, by reason the elements in the Article 340 of
Criminal Code, i.e. element ?intentionally?, element ?eliminate?, element ?life?, and element
?initially planned? had been fulfilled by the accused in trial, thus the judge sentence the equal
charge to the accused appropriately to the crime he had conducted.