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2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [29] XXIX CRIMES - PROCEDURE
Chapter 2903: HOMICIDE AND ASSAULT
2903.03 Voluntary manslaughter.

Universal Citation:
OH Rev Code § 2903.03
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(A) No person, while under the influence of sudden passion or in a sudden fit of rage, either of which is brought on by serious provocation occasioned by the victim that is reasonably sufficient to incite the person into using deadly force, shall knowingly cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another’s pregnancy.

(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of voluntary manslaughter, a felony of the first degree.

Effective Date: 09-06-1996

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