To prove that the defendant is guilty of voluntary manslaughter, the People must prove that:

1.      The defendant committed an act that caused the death of another person;

[AND]

2.      When the defendant acted, (he/she) unlawfully intended to kill someone(;/.)

<Give element 3 when instructing on self-defense or defense of another>

[AND

3.      (He/She) killed without lawful excuse or justification.] Or the People must prove that:

1.      The defendant intentionally committed an act that caused the death of another person;

2.      The natural consequences of the act were dangerous to human life;

3.      At the time (he/she) acted, (he/she) knew the act was dangerous to human life;

[AND]

4.      (He/She) deliberately acted with conscious disregard for human life(;/.)

<Give element 5 when instructing on self-defense or defense of another>

[AND

5.      (He/She) killed without lawful excuse or justification.]

[An act causes death if the death is the direct, natural, and probable consequence of the act and the death would not have