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People v. Berry [1] is a voluntary manslaughter case that is widely taught in American law schools for the appellate court ' s unusual interpretation of heat of passion doctrine.
The jury found Defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter with personal use of a firearm. The court sentenced her to eight years in prison. The Court of Appeal affirmed the conviction.
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- Kenneth Whitaker
- Jahshua Jarrett
- Quotase Jenrette
- Tavion Johnson
- William Beck Usilton III
- Deonte Ellison
- Kylr Yust
- Danielle Marceau
- Derek Whitt
- Troy West-Sturdevant
In September of 2021, 27-year old Kenneth Andrew Whitaker was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Whitaker was alleged to have assaulted his partner in a domestic violence episode in their home. She later died of her injuries at the hospital. Whitaker was sentenced to 28 years in prison.
In September of 2021, 23-year old Jahshua Jarrett was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 11 years in prison. Jarrett was allegedly discovered by his girlfriend while he prepared to commit suicide with a firearm. She wrestled with him over the firearm to try and stop him, which discharged, killing her.
In September of 2021, Quotase Jenrette was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 25 years in prison after he was shot a man in the head. The victim apparently met Jenrette outside of his house to look at Jenrette’s gun.
In August of 2021, Tavion Johnson was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Johnson was married to the victim in the case, and charged after the victim was brought to the hospital after a “suspicious fall.” Johnson had previously been convicted of committing domestic violence crimes against his wife. Relevant a...
In July of 2021, William Beck Usilton III was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. He originally claimed that he shot the victim in self-defense. It is alleged that the victim was let into Usilton’s house by Usilton’s girlfriend to obtain some items. They either argued before the shooting or earlier in the night after coming back from a bar.
In April of 2021, Deonte Ellison was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The relevant facts alleged include that: a woman and a young girl who may have been the daughter of either the defendant of the victim were walking on the street when the victim approached them to give the girl a hug, and that Ellison then fought with the victim and shot him.
In April of 2021, Kylr Yust was convicted of voluntary manslaughter (and murder) in the deaths of two women killed almost 10 years apart. One of the women went missing after she took out a restraining order against Yust in 2007, while the other was last seek leaving a party with Yust in 2016.
In July of 2021, Danielle Marceau was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 8 years in prison. Court records indicated that the defendant and the victim was under the influence of intoxicants, had argued, that defendant stabbed the victim, and efforts had been made to clean up the evidence.
In June of 2021, Derek Whitt was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years in prison. The victim was shot outside of a bar by the defendant after the defendant’s fiancée and the victim got into an argument.
In April of 2021, Troy West-Sturdevant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter after he allegedly hit and killed a man in a parking lot with his car. The death occurred allegedly after the victim and defendant argued at a bar.
Sep 4, 2018 · Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s personal physician, faced charges of involuntary manslaughter in the death of the iconic pop star. The trial received significant media coverage, catapulting the TV channel HLN to record ratings in October 2011.
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The Superior Court of Alameda County convicted defendant Huey P. Newton of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a California police officer. On appeal, the Court of Appeal of California (First District, Fourth Division) reversed the defendant's conviction and ordered a new trial.
Jun 7, 1993 · By equating voluntary manslaughter with murder and thereby, in effect, applying an ex post-facto murder law to Taylor, the instructions in this case made it highly likely that the jury would return an inaccurate murder conviction.
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Voluntary manslaughter is the appropriate charge when someone kills another person in the heat of passion, caused by substantial provocation. Facts. Three days after a woman named Rachel married Berry, a cook, she traveled to Israel for two weeks. She told Berry when she came back that she had been sexually involved with a man named Yako.
