939.44(1)

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(1) In this section:

939.44(1)(a)

(a) “Adequate” means sufficient to cause complete lack of self-control in an ordinarily constituted person.

939.44(2)

(2) Adequate provocation is an affirmative defense only to first-degree intentional homicide and mitigates that offense to 2nd-degree intentional homicide.

939.44

939.44 Adequate provocation.

939.44(1)(b)

(b) “Provocation” means something which the defendant reasonably believes the intended victim has done which causes the defendant to lack self-control completely at the time of causing death.