What is the test for determining whether a person can be found guilty of manslaughter by reason of passion?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rojas, B281169 (Cal. App. 2017):
3. " ' "[I]f sufficient time has elapsed for the passions of an ordinarily reasonable person to cool, the killing is murder, not manslaughter." ' " (People v. Avila (2009) 46 Cal.4th 680, 705.)
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