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Other examples of adequate provocation are when the homicide victim batters the defendant and a killing that occurs during a mutual combat. 1 Cases have generally held that words alone are not enough to constitute adequate provocation. 2 Thus in the adequate provocation example in , if a friend told José that his wife was committing adultery, and José responded by shooting and killing his wife, this would probably be murder, not voluntary manslaughter.
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