Does giving involuntary manslaughter instructions prejudice a defendant who later argued that the fatal shooting was a result of self-defense?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, 114 Cal.Rptr. 522, 39 Cal.App.3d 786 (Cal. App. 1974):
In People v. Hashaway, 67 Cal.App.2d 554, 155 P.2d 101, the court found that giving involuntary manslaughter instructions did not prejudice a defendant who, while suggesting that the victim was the aggressor in an affray thus giving defendant a right of self-defense, contended ultimately that the fatal shot was the result of an accidental discharge off her weapon.
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