Read the case brief for Girouard v. State featured on pages 525-528 in your text

Read the case brief for Girouard v. State featured on pages 525-528 in your textbook.
After carefully reading the brief and considering all the facts, answer the “Questions for Discussion” (below) at the end of the selection. Remember to provide relevant support for your argument(s) using any
information from your textbook and/or supplemental resources that have been provided.
Create a discussion post sharing your answers to the questions.
Questions for discussion:
1. Did Joyce’s behavior constitute provocation that would cause a reasonable person to lose control or to kill? Was Steven provoked?
2. Do you believe that Steven killed in the “heat of passion” or in a cool and deliberate fashion?
3. Should the jury be permitted to freely determine whether Joyce’s words and conduct constituted provocation that should reduce second-degree murder to voluntary manslaughter?
4. Some courts have recognized that “information” may constitute adequate provocation. Would Joyce’s alleged filing of abuse charges against Steven qualify as “information” constituting adequate provocation?