What circumstances will reduce murder to voluntary manslaughter?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Davidson, B223722 (Cal. App. 2012):
While only those circumstances instilling passion in a reasonable person will reduce murder to voluntary manslaughter (People v. Berry (1976) 18 Cal.3d 509, 515; People v. Coad (1986) 181 Cal.App.3d 1094, 1107), a lesser provocation may negate the premeditation or deliberation necessary for a finding of first degree murder so as to
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