California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Adams, B252187 (Cal. App. 2018):
Even in the absence of a request, the trial court must instruct on lesser included offenses whenever there is substantial evidence that the lesser, but not the greater, offense was committed. (People v. Breverman (1998) 19 Cal.4th 142, 154.) Voluntary manslaughter based on imperfect self-defense or defense of another is a lesser offense included in the crime of
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