Culmer v. State

How courts have described this case

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• proffered witness and deceased declarant were close enough to share the intimate details of their lives
• adulterous conduct can give rise to sufficient provocation if it occurred immediately prior to killing in such a way as to incite sudden irresistible passion
• appellate courts are not required to address both the deficient performance and prejudice prongs of the test if the defendant has made an insufficient showing on either of them
• appellate courts are not required to address both the deficient performance and prejudice prongs of the test if the defendant has made an insufficient showing on either of them
• even evidence of the victim’s adultery does not support a voluntary manslaughter charge if there is no evidence that the defendant learned of the conduct immediately prior to the killing so as to inflame a “sudden” passion in the defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).