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Common Legal Defenses of California Voluntary Manslaughter California voluntary manslaughter law covers killings committed during a sudden quarrel or in the heat of passion. Penal Code section 192(a) states that anybody who commits unlawful killing of another person without malice, upon a sudden quarrel or heat of passion, will receive charges of voluntary manslaughter. Voluntary […]