What is the test for voluntary manslaughter based on imperfect self-defense?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gonzalez, B252881 (Cal. App. 2015):
Voluntary manslaughter, based on imperfect self-defense, is committed when the defendant kills in "'[a]n honest but unreasonable belief that it is necessary to defend oneself from imminent peril to life or great bodily injury.'" (People v. Rogers (2006) 39 Cal.4th 826, 883.) The doctrine of imperfect self-defense "is 'narrow' and will apply
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