Notes

voluntary manslaughter: leading to the killing must be the kind that would cause a reasonable person to become emotionally or mentally disturbed; otherwise, the kil-the killing of a human being in which the offender had no prior intent to kill and acted during "the heat of passion", under circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to become emotionally or mentally disturbed.
-Voluntary manslaughter is commonly defined as an intentional killing in which the offender had no prior intent to kill, such as a killing that occurs in the "heat of passion." - See more at: http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/voluntary-manslaughter-overview.html#sthash.wHWTto7R.dpuf
-The circumstancesling may be charged as a first-degree or second-degree murder. - See more at: http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/voluntary-manslaughter-overview.html#sthash.wHWTto7R.dpuf
-Federal law defines voluntary manslaughter as the unlawful killing of a human being without malice [u]pon a sudden quarrel or heat of passion.
See more at: http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/voluntary-manslaughter-overview.html#sthash.wHWTto7R.dpuf
-(my own definition) : when someone has no intention in killing the victim but ends up doing so in "the heat of passion"
-(my own example) : a man can be driving and someone else crashes there car and kills them on accident
-Dan comes home to find his wife in bed with Victor. In the heat of the moment, Dan picks up a golf club from next to the bed and strikes Victor in the head, killing him instantly. - See more at: http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/voluntary-manslaughter-overview.html#sthash.tI87rwo3.dpuf