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Voluntary manslaughter
Voluntary manslaughter arises in cases where the defendant may have an intent to cause death or serious injury, but the potential liability for murder is mitigated by the circumstances and state of mind. The most common example is the so-called heat of passion killing, such as where the defendant is provoked into a loss of control by unexpectedly finding a spouse in the arms of a lover or witnessing an attack against his or her child.
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Right, but you have to actually CAUSE death -- there has to be a killing (at least in every "manslaughter" definition I've ever heard).
Colorado:
18-3-104. Manslaughter.
(1) A person commits the crime of manslaughter if:
(a) Such person recklessly causes the death of another person; or
(b) Such person intentionally causes or aids another person to commit suicide.