People v. Ambro
Appellate Court of Illinois
505 N.E.2d 381 (1987)
Relevant factsFree
After months of marital discord, George's wife Ruth revealed in group counseling that she wanted a divorce, later told him during an argument that their children were not his, that she would take them away, called him an alcoholic, and disclosed an affair while goading him to kill her, at which point George stabbed her to death, and the trial court refused his request for a voluntary manslaughter instruction based on this provocation.
IssueFree
Whether mere words are sufficient to cause serious provocation to support a conviction of manslaughter if they are the culmination of a series of adverse events.