10 U.S.C. § 919 — Art. 119. Manslaughter
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Any person subject to this chapter who, with an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being in the heat of sudden passion caused by adequate provocation is guilty of voluntary manslaughter and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Any person subject to this chapter who, without an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being—
by culpable negligence; or
while perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate an offense, other than those named in clause (4) of section 918 of this title (article 118), directly affecting the person;
is guilty of involuntary manslaughter and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 73.)
- 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
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