Tenn. Code § 39-13-211 : CRIMINAL OFFENSES — OFFENSES AGAINST PERSON — CRIMINAL HOMICIDE —13-211 - Voluntary manslaughter

(a) Voluntary manslaughter is the intentional or knowing killing of another in a state of passion produced by adequate provocation sufficient to lead a reasonable person to act in an irrational manner.

(b) Voluntary manslaughter is a Class C felony.

T.C.A. § 39-13-211

Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; T.C.A., § 39-13-207; Acts 1990, ch. 1038, § 4.