If the Defendant Had Sufficient Time to Cool Off After

question 32

Short Answer

If the defendant had sufficient time to cool off after the sudden passion and before the killing,the crime is considered ,not voluntary manslaughter.

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Definitions:

Sherman Act

A landmark federal statute in the antitrust law of the United States, passed in 1890, which prohibits certain business activities that federal government regulators deem to be anti-competitive.

Alcoa Case

A 1945 case in which the courts ruled that the possession of monopoly power, no matter how reasonably that power had been used, was a violation of the antitrust laws; temporarily overturned the rule of reason applied in the U.S. Steel case.

Monopoly Structure

A market form where a single firm controls the entire market for a product or service, with no close substitutes.

Treble Damages

A legal principle allowing a court to triple the amount of the actual/compensatory damages to be awarded to a plaintiff.