A person who kills an individual without lawful justification commits voluntary manslaughter if

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Voluntary manslaughter requires the killing to be without lawful justification, but the person must have been acting under a sudden and intense passion resulting from serious provocation. This means that the killing was not premeditated and the person was not acting with specific intent, but rather reacting in the heat of the moment. Choices A and D both involve specific intent, and choice C involves an accidental death, which does not meet the criteria for voluntary manslaughter.

A Person Who Kills an Individual Without Lawful Justification Commits