31 Md. App. 518 - Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 1980
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. State · People v. . Tomlins · Pond v. People · Crawford v. State
Most-quoted passages
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““It is not now and never has been the law that a man assailed in his own dwelling is bound to retreat. If assailed there, he may stand his ground and resist the attack. He is under no duty to take to the fields and the highways, a fugitive from his own home---The rule is the same whether the attack proceeds from some other occupant or from an intruder. It was so adjudged in Jones v. State [1884], 76 Ala. 8, 14 . ‘Why,’ it was there inquired, ‘should one retreat from his own house, when assailed by a partner or cotenant, any more than when assailed by a stranger who is lawfully upon the premises? Whither shall he flee, and how far, and when may he be permitted to return?’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““[I]t was error to refuse the request of counsel to instruct the jury affirmatively that since Ms. Jackson was in her own home, she had no duty to retreat or seek escape, but was entitled to stand her ground and take her assailant’s life if it became necessary.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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