Dobbins v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 1984
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on King v. State · Calicoat v. State · Dalton v. State · Vance v. State · Lester v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“The Court instructs the Jury for the State of Mississippi that the law tolerates no excuses and accepts no justification for the taking of human life upon the plea of self defense, unless it be reasonably necessary to save the life of the Defendant or save the Defendant from great bodily harm at the very time of the fatal shot. And in this case, if you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the Defendant, FLOYD LAMAR NICHOLSON, shot and killed Harold D. Hardy at a time when he was not in any immediate danger, real or apparent, of losing his life or suffering great bodily harm at the hands of the deceased, Harold D. Hardy, then the Defendant, FLOYD LAMAR NICHOLSON, is guilty of murder if he acted of his malice aforethought. (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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