|
Confession or admission of intent to commit adultery can amount to grave provocation, warranting reduction of murder to manslaughter.
Criminal law — Provocation — Confession or statement of intention to commit adultery constitutes grave and sudden provocation; Criminal procedure — Appeal — Where trial judge makes no adverse finding on defence facts, appellate court adopts facts most favourable to appellant; Proportionality of lethal response; Reduction of murder to manslaughter.
|