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Statutes > Missouri > T38 > C565 > 565_023Voluntary manslaughter, penalty--under influence of sudden passion,defendant's burden to inject.
565.023. 1. A person commits the crime of voluntarymanslaughter if he:
(1) Causes the death of another person under circumstancesthat would constitute murder in the second degree undersubdivision (1) of subsection 1 of section 565.021, except thathe caused the death under the influence of sudden passion arisingfrom adequate cause; or
(2) Knowingly assists another in the commission ofself-murder.
2. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting theissue of influence of sudden passion arising from adequate causeunder subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section.
3. Voluntary manslaughter is a class B felony.
(L. 1983 S.B. 276, A.L. 1984 S.B. 448 § A)Effective 10-1-84
