(1) Voluntary manslaughter is the intentional or knowing killing of another in a state of passion produced by adequate provocation sufficient to lead a reasonable person to act in an irrational manner.
(2) Voluntary manslaughter is a Class C felony.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-211
Voluntary manslaughter
Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case State v. Stephenson (1994)
Most recently applied in State of Tennessee v. LaJuan Harbison (January 2018)
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; T.C.A., § 39-13-207; Acts 1990, ch. 1038, § 4.
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Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.