Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/Statutes/17-A/title17-Asec203.html
Timestamp: 2018-01-24 03:08:51
Document Index: 726477014

Matched Legal Cases: ['§203', '§203', '§9', '§156', '§9', '§156', '§9', '§156', '§9', '§156', '§23', '§156', '§9', '§2', '§1', '§40', '§2', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§9', '§156']

Title 17-A, §203: Manslaughter
§203. Manslaughter
A. Recklessly, or with criminal negligence, causes the death of another human being. Violation of this paragraph is a Class A crime; [2001, c. 383, §9 (AMD); 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF).]
B. Intentionally or knowingly causes the death of another human being under circumstances that do not constitute murder because the person causes the death while under the influence of extreme anger or extreme fear brought about by adequate provocation. Adequate provocation has the same meaning as in section 201, subsection 4. The fact that the person causes the death while under the influence of extreme anger or extreme fear brought about by adequate provocation constitutes a mitigating circumstance reducing murder to manslaughter and need not be proved in any prosecution initiated under this subsection. Violation of this paragraph is a Class A crime; or [2001, c. 383, §9 (AMD); 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF).]
Violation of this paragraph is a Class C crime. [2001, c. 383, §9 (AMD); 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF).]
[ 2001, c. 383, §9 (AMD); 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF) .]
[ 1983, c. 480, Pt. B, §23 (RP) .]
[ 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF); 2001, c. 383, §9 (RP) .]
[ 1989, c. 872, §2 (RP) .]
1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). 1977, c. 510, §40 (RPR). 1983, c. 217, (AMD). 1983, c. 372, §2 (AMD). 1983, c. 480, §B23 (AMD). 1987, c. 678, §1 (AMD). 1989, c. 505, §§1,2 (AMD). 1989, c. 872, §§1,2 (AMD). 1989, c. 873, (AMD). 1997, c. 34, §1 (AMD). 2001, c. 383, §9 (AMD). 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF).