People v. Borchers
Supreme Court of California
325 P.2d 97 (1958)
Relevant factsFree
Before her death, the defendant's girlfriend had admitted infidelity, attempted to jump from a moving car, expressed a wish to be dead, and on the night of the killing taunted and urged the defendant to shoot her, after which the jury convicted him of second-degree murder but the trial court, on a new trial motion, reduced the verdict to voluntary manslaughter.
IssueFree
Whether a defendant may be guilty of voluntary manslaughter where he kills another out of wild desperation, not rage or anger.