In her ruling, McMillan said that it was clear from the tape that Kevorkian intended to help Youk kill himself, that he delivered a controlled substance by injecting him with lethal doses of drugs and that his help in planing Youk's death proved premeditation.
At the preliminary hearing, Michigan prosecutors claimed that Kevorkian displayed premeditation when he videotaped Youk's death, challenged prosecutors to settle the euthanasia debate and injected poison into Youk's arm.