What is the test for heat of passion to be a murder?

"Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. (See 187, subd. (a).) A murder, however, may be reduced to voluntary manslaughter if the victim engaged in provocative conduct that would cause an ordinary person with an average disposition to act rashly or without due deliberation and reflection." (People v. Booker (2011) 51 Cal.4th 141, 183, fn. 23.)

Heat of passion has both objective and subjective components. Objectively, the victim's conduct must have been sufficiently provocative to cause an ordinary person of average disposition to act rashly or without due deliberation and reflection. (People v. Moye (2009) 47 Cal.4th 537, 549-550.) Subjectively, "the accused must be shown to have killed while under 'the actual influence of a strong passion' induced by such provocation. [Citation.] 'Heat of passion arises when "at the time of the killing, the reason of the accused was obscured or disturbed by passion to such an extent

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