What is voluntary manslaughter and what is the definition of voluntary manslaughter?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Doss, 2d Crim. No. B228820, Super. Ct. No. NA065349 (Cal. App. 2012):
As relevant to the instant case, voluntary manslaughter is an unlawful killing without malice when the killer acted with an actual but unreasonable belief in the need for self-defense. (People v. Manriquez (2005) 37 Cal.4th 547, 583.) To warrant
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