§ 2-207. Manslaughter

MD Crim Law Code § 2-207 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    A person who commits manslaughter is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to:

(1)    imprisonment not exceeding 10 years; or

(2)    imprisonment in a local correctional facility not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.

(b)    The discovery of one’s spouse engaged in sexual intercourse with another does not constitute legally adequate provocation for the purpose of mitigating a killing from the crime of murder to voluntary manslaughter even though the killing was provoked by that discovery.