What is the test for a jury to find a defendant guilty of second-degree manslaughter for the fatal shooting of a man in a confrontation between two men in the street?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Goins, B281831 (Cal. App. 2019):
This same argument on substantially similar facts was rejected in People v. Watie (2002) 100 Cal.App.4th 866 (Watie). In Watie, the defendant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the shooting death of the victim following a confrontation between the two men on the front porch of the victim's home. (Id. at pp. 873-874.) The trial court instructed on the law pertaining to self-defense, imperfect self-defense and on the defense of a
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