How have courts interpreted "imperfect defense" as a form of voluntary manslaughter?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lopez, B271516 (Cal. App. 2017):
7. "Imperfect defense of others, like imperfect self-defense, is not a true defense, but a shorthand description for a form of voluntary manslaughter." (People v. Trujeque (2015) 61 Cal.4th 227, 271.)
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