Joseph Wakaksan, Jr. v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• prior conviction for assault and battery against the deceased “relevant to show motive” for commission of voluntary manslaughter
• prior conviction for assault and battery against the deceased \relevant to show motive\ for commission of voluntary manslaughter
• “Voluntary manslaughter is an unlawful, intentional killing committed without malice aforethought, while in a sudden heat of passion due to adequate provocation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).