Michael Anthony Davila v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Mere words alone, or threats, menaces, or gestures alone . . . do not constitute adequate provocation.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• heat of passion manslaughter is only available when the defendant acted “without a design to effect death”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).