Arkansas Statutes
§ 5-10-104 — Manslaughter
Arkansas § 5-10-104
JurisdictionArkansas
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Bluebook
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-10-104 (2026).
Text
(a)A person commits manslaughter if:
(1)(A) The person causes the death of another person under circumstances that would be murder, except that he or she causes the death under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance for which there is reasonable excuse.
(B)The reasonableness of the excuse is determined from the viewpoint of a person in the actor's situation under the circumstances as the actor believed them to be;
(2)The person purposely causes or aids another person to commit suicide;
(3)The person recklessly causes the death of another person; or (4) Acting alone or with one (1) or more persons:
(A)The person commits or attempts to commit a felony; and (B) In the course of and in furtherance of the felony or in immediate flight from the felony:
(i)The person or an accompli
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Legislative History
Amended by Act 2023, No. 659,§ 28, eff. 1/1/2024. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 1504; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-1504; Acts 2007, No. 827, § 21.
Nearby Sections
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§ 5-1-101
Title§ 5-1-102
Definitions§ 5-1-103
Applicability to offenses generally§ 5-1-104
Territorial applicability§ 5-1-106
Felonies§ 5-1-107
Misdemeanors§ 5-1-108
Violations§ 5-1-109
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