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  People v. Soriano 36 A.D.3d 527, 828 N.Y.S.2d 369 (2007) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LUIS SORIANO, Appellant. Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department. Decided January 25, 2007.   Defendant raised a defense of justification at his jury trial for murder […]

  State v. Bryant The STATE, Respondent, v. Lavar K. BRYANT, Appellant. No. 24988. Supreme Court of South Carolina. Heard May 11, 1999. Decided August 16, 1999.   Counsel: Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for appellant. Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney

  People v. Clark 45 Cal.App.4th 1147 (1996) THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. HARVEY LEE CLARK, Defendant and Appellant. Docket No. D023104. Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One. May 16, 1996.   COUNSEL: Greg M. Kane, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney

  State v. Butler 634 N.W.2d 46, 10 Neb. App. 537 (2001) STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Eugene T. BUTLER, Appellant. No. A-00-881. Court of Appeals of Nebraska. September 11, 2001.   Counsel: James H. Monahan and Maureen K. Monahan, Omaha, of Monahan & Monahan, for appellant. Don Stenberg, Attorney General, and Scott G. Gunem,

  State v. Bryant 671 A.2d 1058, 288 N.J. Super. 27 (1996) STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JERMAINE BRYANT, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. Argued January 30, 1996. Decided February 27, 1996.   Before Judges MICHELS, BAIME, and KIMMELMAN.   Counsel: Stephen W. Kirsch, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause

 State v. Cartwright 650 P.2d 758 (1982) STATE of Montana, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Joseph Raymond CARTWRIGHT, Defendant and Appellant. No. 81-220. Supreme Court of Montana. Submitted June 22, 1982. Decided August 25, 1982. Rehearing Denied September 20, 1982.   Counsel: David W. Harman argued, Libby, for defendant and appellant. Mike Greely, Atty. Gen., Mike

  Barker v. Commonwealth 341 S.W.3d 112 Adam Anthony BARKER, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee. No. 2009-SC-000794-MR. Supreme Court of Kentucky. June 16, 2011.   Counsel: Daniel T. Goyette, Louisville Metro Public Defender, James David Niehaus, Deputy Appellate Defender, Office of the Louisville Metro Public Defender, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellant. Jack Conway, Attorney

  State v. Frazier Opinion No. 5069 COURT OF APPEALS OF SOUTH CAROLINA 736 S.E.2d 301 October 30, 2012, Heard January 2, 2013, Filed [NOTE:  This is an odd case, in that it centers on the duty to retreat.  SC, however, has had a stand-your-ground statute on the books since 2006, before the events in

  State v. Jackson 227 S.C. 271, 87 S.E.2d 681 (1955) THE STATE, Respondent, v. HENRY JACKSON, Appellant. 17013 Supreme Court of South Carolina. June 7, 1955. Messrs. John M. Scott and J.D. Whisenhunt, of Florence, for Appellant. Messrs. J. Reuben Long, Solicitor, and J.M. Long, Jr., of Conway, for Respondent. June 7, 1955.  

  State v. Starnes 340 S.C. 312, 531 S.E.2d 907 (2000) The STATE, Respondent, v. Norman E. STARNES, Appellant. No. 25119. Supreme Court of South Carolina. Heard September 21, 1999. Decided May 8, 2000.   Counsel: Joseph L. Savitz, III, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for appellant. Attorney General Charles M.