Does the court erred in failing to instruct the jury on "attempted involuntary manslaughter"?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Iraheta, B300621 (Cal. App. 2020):
9. To the extent defendant contends the court also erred in failing to instruct the jury on "attempted involuntary manslaughter," he is wrong. Attempted involuntary manslaughter is not a crime. "If there were such a crime, it would necessarily be based on the internally contradictory premise that one can intend to commit an unintentional killing . . . a manifest impossibility." (People v. Johnson (1996) 51 Cal.App.4th 1329, 1332.)
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