In what circumstances will the court overturn a voluntary manslaughter conviction?

In People v. Young (1963) 214 Cal.App.2d 641 (Young), the court reversed the defendant's conviction of voluntary manslaughter, finding the trial court failed to properly instruct that homicide is justifiable when resisting an attempt to commit a felony or defending a person from the commission of a felony, in this case a robbery. The evidence showed the defendant and the decedent were eating in a cafe, when the defendant took his money out to pay and the decedent snatched it out of the defendant's

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