What is the legal case law that supports the argument that there is a necessary tie between instructing on self-defense and manslaughter?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ceja, 26 Cal.App.4th 78, 31 Cal.Rptr.2d 475 (Cal. App. 1994):
The first judicial decision my research uncovered implying a necessary tie between instructing on self-defense and manslaughter was decided by the [26 Cal.App.4th 91] Supreme Court of North Carolina in 1922, over 70 years ago. (State v. Thomas (1922) 184 N.C. 757, 114 S.E. 834.) Since that time, several other
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