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Colorado POST Study Guide with All Answers correct and Graded A+ When is second degree murder a class 3 felony? - ANSWER-When the act causing the death was performed upon a sudden heat of passion, caused by a serious and highly provoking act of the intended victim, affecting the defendant sufficiently to excite an irresistible passion in a reasonable person, BUT if between the provocation and the killing there is an interval sufficient for the voice of reason and humanity to be heard, it is a class 2 felony What is a crucial part for a sudden heat of passion murder? - ANSWER-Was there an interval sufficient for the voice of reason and humanity to be heard in between the provocation and the killing 18-3-104 Manslaughter - ANSWER-A person recklessly causes the death of another person OR A person intentionally causes or aids another person to commit suicide What class is manslaughter? - ANSWER-Class 4 felony Criminally Negligent Homicide - ANSWER-Any person who causes the death of another person by conduct amounting to criminal negligence What class crime is criminally negligent homicide? - ANSWER-Class 5 felony