Gill v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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1. ““Tlie instruction in its effect, applied to the facts, holds that if one -willingly entered into a mutual combat with another, without any intent to do great bodily harm, and thereupon his adversary resorted to a deadly weapon and was about to assault him therewith, he would not have the right to defend himself or resort to such a weapon in his necessary self-defense. Such is not the law.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Huber v. United States

2. ““When one man invites another to combat, and the other accepts the invitation, and they both willfully engage in a mutual combat, and one of them slays the other in such combat, he cannot successfully invoke the law of self-defense, but would be guilty of at least voluntary manslaughter.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Huber v. United States