California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Britt, B218965, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. TA098926 (Cal. App. 2011):
reasonable person to act rashly. How the killer responded to the provocation and the reasonableness of the response is not relevant to sudden quarrel or heat of passion."]; People v. Rios (2000) 23 Cal.4th 450, 462 ["The People must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that [provocation was] lacking in order to establish the murder element of malice." (Italics omitted.)].)
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