What is the test for reducing an intentional killing to manslaughter?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Calderon, B278747 (Cal. App. 2018):
An intentional killing may also be reduced from murder to manslaughter if it occurs upon a sudden quarrel or in the heat of passion on sufficient provocation. (Beltran, supra, 56 Cal.4th at p. 942; People v. Manriquez (2005) 37 Cal.4th 547, 583.) "These
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