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People v. Germany

Citations

  • 42 Cal. App. 3d 414
  • 116 Cal. Rptr. 841
  • 1974 Cal. App. LEXIS 1234

How courts have described this case

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  • \involuntary manslaughter `is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought and without an intent to kill ...'\
  • both holding that an honest but unreasonably held belief that killing was necessary in self-defense negates malice and reduces crime to voluntary manslaughter
  • “Voluntary manslaughter is a specific intent crime.”
  • \Voluntary manslaughter is a specific intent crime.\

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Judges: Brown (g.A.)

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