Is voluntary manslaughter included as an included crime in the criminal code?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hernandez, D059507 (Cal. App. 2012):
Voluntary manslaughter is a lesser included offense to murder. (People v. Rios (2000) 23 Cal.4th 450, 460.) "[I]t is the 'court's duty to instruct the jury not only on the crime with which the defendant is charged, but also on any lesser offense that is both
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