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F 8.92 n1 Vehicular Manslaughter: Research Notes (PC 192).
See Annotation, Homicide by Automobile as Murder, 21 ALR3d 116 and Later Case Service.
F 8.92 n2 Vehicular Manslaughter: Imminent Peril Instruction Required Upon Request But Not Sua Sponte (PC 192).
CJ 8.92 on imminent peril must be given upon request when supported by the evidence. (See People v. Clark (62) 202 CA2d 513, 518 [20 CR 803]; People v. Boulware (40) 41 CA2d 268, 270 [106 P2d 436].) However, there is no sua sponte duty to give such an instruction. (See People v. Wren (69) 271 CA2d 788, 792-93 [76 CR 673].)