State v. Broadway, 2020 La. App. LEXIS 78 (LA Ct. App. 2nd 2020) LOSD Summary: This case is another example of that oddity of Louisiana law in some of its judicial circuits where in cases of non-homicide claims of self-defense (in which nobody is killed), the burden of proof on self-defense is on the defendant […]
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Howard v. State, 2020 Fla. App. LEXIS 403 (FL Ct. App. 2nd 2020) LOSD Summary: Interesting case in which the defendant’s pre-arrest silence on the issue of self-defense when interacting with responding officers was used against him in court. Under Florida law, such pre-arrest silence may not be used as evidence against a defendant, and
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People v. Lewis, 2020 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 306 (CA Ct. App. 2nd 2020) LOSD Summary: Case touches upon the issue of using a deadly weapon (in this case, a knife) against a bare-handed attack. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division One January 15, 2020, Opinion Filed B293534 2020 Cal. App. Unpub.
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State v. Martinez, 2020 Ariz. App. Unpub. LEXIS 46 (AZ Ct. App. Div. 1 2020) LOSD Summary: Good example of a defendant claiming self-defense, in the context of evidence that could credibly support that claim of self-defense, but who then himself provides testimony that is completely inconsistent with self-defense, thereby self-destructing his self-defense claim. Court
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Taylor v. State, 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 125 (TX Ct. App. 13th 2020) LOSD Summary: This case involves a defendant who purportedly caused his father life-threatening injuries by attacking him with a baseball bat, resulting in a charge of aggravated assault. At trial the defendant/son would claim that it was his father who attacked him,
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Jordan v. State, 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 63 (TX Ct. App. 5th 2020) LOSD Summary: This case involves a defendant who shot and killed the victim in a hotel room, in claimed self-defense. The case nicely illustrates how even when the defense presents a coherent narrative of self-defense, it’s quite possible for the state to
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Alaniz v. State, 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 163 (TX Ct. App. 1st 2020) LOSD Summary: This case involves a defendant who ended up repeatedly stabbing a victim in a bar fight, in the course of what had begun as a fistfight between them. The defendant was tried on a charge of aggravated assault with a
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State v. Medina, 2020 R.I. LEXIS 1 (RI Sup. Ct. 2020) LOSD Summary: This case involves a defendant who was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon on the victim (both are women), when she stabbed the victim during an argument. The defendant would claim self-defense at trial, but some evidence the defendant considered critical
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Commonwealth v. Brooks, 2020 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 93 (PA Sup. Ct. 2020) LOSD Summary: This case involves a defendant who drove his car into the victim, causing serious injury. At trial the defendant claimed he did so in self-defense, arguing that he reasonably believed the victim possessed a gun and was about to use
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Commonwealth v. Boston, 2020 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 87 (PA Sup. Ct. 2020) LOSD Summary: This case involves a defendant who killed a victim by a “.38-caliber semi-automatic handgun” in claimed self-defense during a drug-deal gone bad, when the defendant claims he was being attacked by a disparity of numbers, one of whom wielded a
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