If a jury was instructed on imperfect self-defense, would it have returned a first-degree murder verdict if it had been instructed on a "perfectly self-defence" method?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Millender, B278727 (Cal. App. 2018):
cf. People v. Manriquez, supra, at p. 582 [first-degree murder verdict left "no doubt" jury would have returned the same verdict had it been instructed on imperfect self-defense].)
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