The killing of a human being, without malice, in the heat of passion, but in a cruel or unusual manner, or by the use of a dangerous weapon, without authority of law, and not in necessary self-defense, shall be manslaughter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-35
Homicide; killing without malice in the heat of passion
Applied in 124 court decisions — leading case Heidel v. State (1991)
Most recently applied in Kenneth Brian Weaver v. State of Mississippi (September 2018)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (10), (12); 1857, ch. 64, arts. 174, 176; 1871, §§ 2637, 2639; 1880, §§ 2885, 2887; 1892, §§ 1158, 1160; 1906, §§ 1236, 1238; …
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