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TENNESSEE STATUTES AND CODES
39-13-211 - Voluntary manslaughter.
39-13-211. Voluntary manslaughter.
(a) 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.
(b) Voluntary manslaughter is a Class C felony.
[Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; T.C.A., § 39-13-207; Acts 1990, ch. 1038, § 4.]
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