Michigan Supreme Court hears arguments over manslaughter instruction in Joesel homicide appeal In People v. Christopher Joesel (No. 167705), appellant counsel argued the evidence supported a manslaughter (heat-of-passion) instruction and that the trial court erred by refusing it; the prosecutor told the court video and testimony show the defendant acted with control, not passion. Justices probed standards of review, harmless-error analysis,并

The Michigan Supreme Court is deliberating a critical manslaughter instruction that could change the course of a homicide case—did heat of passion really play a role or was it cold control?

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