There was nothing calculated or premeditated about this crime. It's simply the uncontrollable passion of a young man taken a step too far.

It appears to be a crime of passion,

Mr. Cunningham acted not out of passion, not a crime on the spur of the moment, he acted out of greed.

Michael Chang has all the fire and passion of a public service announcement, so much so that he makes Pete Sampras appear fascinating.

There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined.

For passion, like crime does not sit well with the sure order and even course of everyday life. It welcomes every loosening of the social fabric, every confusion and affliction visited upon the world, for passion sees in such a disorder a vague hope of finding advantage for itself.