Hiemenz v. Goerger

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• finding defendant not entitled to involuntary manslaughter charge when he intentionally fired warning shots in the victim’s direction
• providing voluntary manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being in the sudden heat of passion upon sufficient legal provocation
• no error in failing to charge involuntary manslaughter where defendant claimed he was only firing warning shots
• \Sufficient provocation necessary to justify a voluntary manslaughter charge must come from the victim and not be transferred from a third party to the victim.\
• \Sufficient provocation necessary to justify a voluntary manslaughter charge must come from the victim and not be transferred from a third party to the victim. \

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).