Dent, while eating in a restaurant, noticed that a departing customer at the next table had left a five-dollar bill as a tip for the waitress. Dent reached over, picked up the five-dollar bill, and put it in his pocket. As he stood up to leave, another customer who had seen him take the money ran over to him and hit him in the face with her umbrella. Enraged, Dent choked the customer to death. Dent is charged with murder. He requests an instruction allowing the jury to find him guilty of voluntary manslaughter rather than murder. Dent's request should be
granted, because the jury could find that Dent acted recklessly and not with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm.  granted, because the jury could find that being hit in the face with an umbrella constitutes adequate provocation.  denied, because the evidence shows that Dent intended to kill or to cause serious bodily harm.  denied, because the evidence shows that Dent provoked the assault on himself by his criminal misconduct
Question: Dent, while eating in a restaurant, noticed that a departing customer at the next table had left a five-dollar bill as a tip for the waitress. Dent reached over, picked up the five-dollar bill, and put it in his pocket. As he stood up to leave, another customer who had seen him take the money ran over to him and hit him in the face with her umbrella. Enraged, Dent choked the customer to death. Dent is charged with murder. He requests an instruction allowing the jury to find him guilty of voluntary manslaughter rather than murder. Dent's request should be
A. granted, because the jury could find that Dent acted recklessly and not with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm. 
B. granted, because the jury could find that being hit in the face with an umbrella constitutes adequate provocation. 
C. denied, because the evidence shows that Dent intended to kill or to cause serious bodily harm. 
D. denied, because the evidence shows that Dent provoked the assault on himself by his criminal misconduct
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