UJI 14-220. Voluntary manslaughter; lesser included offense.1

For you to find the defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter, the state must prove to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following elements of the crime: 1. The defendant killed __________________ (name of victim); 2. The defendant knew that their acts created a strong probability of death or great bodily harm2 to __________________ (name of victim) [or any other human being]3; 3. The defendant acted as a result of sufficient provocation; 4. This happened in New Mexico on or about the __________ day of ______________, __________. The difference between second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter is sufficient provocation. In second-degree murder the defendant kills without having been sufficiently provoked, that is, without sufficient provocation. In the case of voluntary manslaughter the defendant kills after having been sufficiently provoked, that is, as a result of sufficient provocation. Sufficient provocation reduces second-degree murder to voluntary manslaughter.4