{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-5404","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 21-5404","heading":"Voluntary manslaughter.","body":"(a) Voluntary manslaughter is knowingly killing a human being committed:\n(1) Upon a sudden quarrel or in the heat of passion; or\n(2) upon an unreasonable but honest belief that circumstances existed that justified use of deadly force under K.S.A. 21-5222, 21-5223 or 21-5225, and amendments thereto.\n(b) Voluntary manslaughter is a severity level 3, person felony.","path":["Chapter 21.—CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","Article 54.—CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_054_0004.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:10Z","sha256":"051a754ca59248bb45b49b5a3895232264cda6efa950cbf6a27084db38dab0f4","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-5403","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-5405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}