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State v. McClanahan

Citations

  • 865 P.2d 1021
  • 254 Kan. 104
  • 1993 Kan. LEXIS 164

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  • heat of passion entails '\any intense or vehement emotional excitement of the kind prompting violent and aggressive action\'
  • heat of passion entails \'any intense or vehement emotional excitement of the kind prompting violent and aggressive action'\
  • to establish heat of passion, defendant’s emotional state must exist at time of act
  • \A question of the sufficiency of evidence on the greater offense does not affect the inquiry into the need to instruct on the lesser included offense.\

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Judges: Lockett

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