What is sufficient evidence to convict a defendant of the lesser included charge of voluntary manslaughter?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. McLean, D069903 (Cal. App. 2016):
conviction of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter, even where the defendant objects, or is not, as a matter of trial strategy, relying on such a defense.' [Citation.] Substantial evidence is not ' " 'any evidence, no matter how weak,' " ' but evidence from which a reasonable jury could conclude that the defendant was guilty only of manslaughter." (People v. Valenzuela (2011) 199 Cal.App.4th 1214, 1227-1228.)
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