MCCLURE v. the STATE.’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “With a legal affirmative defense, the accused admits the elements of the crime, but seeks to justify, excuse, or mitigate by showing no criminal intent; all elements of the parts of the crime are admitted with the exception of the intent. All defenses which have been held to be statutory affirmative defenses meet these criteria, i.e., justification, self-defense or defense of others, rendering assistance to law enforcement officers, defense of habitation, defense of property other than habitation, entrapment, and coercion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 348 Ga. App. 235 - CLARK v. the STATE.

2. “An affirmative defense is one in which the defendant admits the act but seeks to justify, excuse, or mitigate it. The defendant must admit the crime before he can raise the defense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. HANDY v. the STATE.

3. “to assert an affirmative defense, a defendant must admit the act, or he is not entitled to a charge on that defense.”

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