California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Benitez, B247640 (Cal. App. 2014):
Not only did defendant have sufficient time to reflect, his calm, deliberate behavior and evidence of planning were "manifestly inconsistent with having acted under the heat of passion." (People v. Wharton (1991) 53 Cal.3d 522, 572.) Defendant's female acquaintances followed the group in a red car in an apparent effort to learn their
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