Blake v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““Consequently, the circuit court’s jury instruction regarding the duty to retreat was an incorrect statement of the law and should not have been given. See Williams, 46 So.3d at 971 (citing Jackson v. State, 993 So.2d 45, 47-48 (Ala. Crim.App.2007)). Rather, the circuit court should have instructed the jury in accordance with § 13A-3-23(b), Ala. Code 1975, as amended. Further, the circuit court’s improper self-defense jury instruction was not harmless because the jury could have rejected [Keith’s] defense of self-defense based on the State’s evidence indicating that [ ]he could have retreated.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. George v. State

2. ““[T]he amendment to § 13A-3-23(b), AIa.Code 1975, which removed from the defense of self-defense the duty to retreat and which allows an individual to stand one’s ground, became effective June 1, 2006. Specifically, the 2006 amendment to § 13A-3-23(b), Ala.Code 1975, provides: “ ‘ “A person who [otherwise satisfies the criteria of self-defense] in using physical force, including deadly physical force, and who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and is in any place where he or she has the right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground.” ’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 116 So. 3d 1147 - Skinner v. Bevans