Manslaughter in the second degree: Class C felony
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case Washington v. Glucksberg (1997)
Most recently applied in United States v. Kilmartin (December 2019)
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 57.)
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) A person is guilty of manslaughter in the second degree when: (1) He recklessly causes the death of another person; or (2) he intentionally causes or aids another person, other than by force, duress or deception, to commit suicide.
(b) Manslaughter in the second degree is a class C felony.
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.