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Originally Posted by KDCat
That's not a manslaughter charge. It's a murder charge. The defendant was on top of an unconscious victim, choking him. He had to be pulled off of the victim. Intent to kill was clearly there. It wasn't a unlucky punch that connected badly.
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Ok, well, I'm not a lawyer. It's just that two young friends fist fighting in the street didn't sound like premeditated murder. A heat of passion crime is generally charged as voluntary manslaughter, yes? If the story comes out something like the one was mad and went out of the house and down the street looking to find the other one, then I could see a first or second degree murder charge. I work in a dual fire/law enforcement job and "get" the opportunity to see people fist fighting all of the time. If you're a lawyer, I can see why we might have slightly different angles on it. Since nobody had been arrested yet, I was referring to the very *least* charge that I could imagine being filed.
Either way, an awful situation all around.
