| A | B |
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| State v. Jackson | Defendant claimed shouldn't be convicted because he shotthe bouncers in self-defense; court disagreed and affirmed conviction |
| State v. Stewart | Prosecution appealed a not guilty verdict of 1st degree murder; appeals court said that abused wife was not in imminent danger |
| State v. Quarles | Defendant was required to retreat when possible, even from his own home, because the confrontation was with a cohabitant |
| State v. Mitcheson | Defendant was allowed to act in protection of sister's habitation as his own; reverse of 2nd degree murder conviction and a new trial ordered |
| Tennessee v. Garner | Said shooting someone to capture them is a 4th amendment violation--an unreasonable seizure |
| State v. Valentine | Upheld conviction of assaulting a police officer because of preference for peaceful and legal resoultion and extremely harmful threat to defendant was not present |
| People v. Alderson and others | Found guilty of criminal trespass for several reasons: other options available, harm not imminent, the harm was subject to dispute, kidnapping beyond mere sit-in |
| State v. Moe | Economic necessity is never a defense to a crime; grand larceny conviction for stealing the flour upheld |
| State v. Shelley | Consent is a defense for assault in sports , but the breaking of another's jaw in a basketball game qualified as assault |
| State v. Daoud | Conviction of DWI was affirmed because woman had other options than driving, especially since the threshold of being compelled or under duress was not met |
| United States v. Calley | Superior orders do not constitute duress if it is reasonalby apparent that the orders are illegal |
| Montanta v. Egelhoff | Deliberate homicide , state reversed b/c intoxication wasn't considered, USSC reversed saying alcohol an aggravation |
| People v. Snyder | Despite fact convicted felon didn't know she was one and had been allowed to vote, no excuse for not knowing |
| State v. K. R. L. | 8-yr.-old convicted of residential burglary, appeals reversed because presumption of inability ot form mens rea had not been overcome by prosecution |
| Jacobson v. United States | Ruled entrapment because government spent 26 months enticing defendant to purchase child porn |
| State v. Crenshaw | Man who hacked up wife because he thought she was unfaithful failed right-wrong test and convicted; not too insane to be guilty |
| People v. Skinner | Said guy who strangled his wife was too insane and reversed lower court's conviction, but dissent mentioned that this ruling went against the 1982 ballot |
| State v. Gallegos | Diminshed capacity not a defense |
| Vietnam Vet Syndrome | Not guilty by reason of insanity because did not know acts were wrong (didn't realize they were police) |
| People v. Aphaylath | Court reversed and a new trial was ordered because Laotian culture and immigrant experience was relevant to defense |
