55 So. 3d 207 - Blunt v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · 454 So. 2d 468 - Stringer v. State · Leatherwood v. State · Murray v. Maggio · 584 So. 2d 786 - Grubb v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“In order to prevail under the plain-error doctrine, an appellant must show that there was an error in the trial court and that the error resulted in a “manifest miscarriage of justice.” Furthermore, this Court may only apply the plain-error doctrine when the error complained of affects a defendant’s fundamental or substantial rights.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The court instructs the jury that the defendant, Edward Lamon Blunt[,] is claiming that the killing of Michael Taylor was done in self-defense and thus under the law was a justifiable homicide. To make a killing justifiable on the grounds of self-defense, the danger to the defendant must not have been created, initiated or caused by him; the danger must be either actual, present, and urgent or the defendant must have reasonable grounds to apprehend a design on the part of the victim to kill, or do some great bodily harm to him, and in addition to this, that there was apparent imminent danger of such design being accomplished. Hence, the mere fear, apprehension or belief, however sincerely entertained by one person that another designs to take his life or to do him some great bodily harm, will not justify the accused taking the life of the deceased. A party may have an apprehension that his life is in danger and believe the grounds of his apprehension just and reasonable, and yet he acts at his peril. He is not the final judge; the [j]ury may determine the reasonableness of the grounds upon which he acted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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