To reduce a homicide from _____________ to voluntary manslaughter, it must generally be shown that there was sufficient provocation to excite in the defendant’s mind such anger, rage, or terror as would obscure an ordinary person’s reasoning and

render the person incapable of cool reflection.

a. first-degree murder
b. mayhem
c. reckless homicide
d. wrongful death


Answer: A

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