In the Court of Appeals v. Litaker, 2020 N.C. App. LEXIS 33 (NC Ct. App. 2020) LOSD Summary: This case involves a convicted felon who used a handgun in claimed self-defense. The case raises the issue of when a convicted felon, who is normally prohibited from possessing or using any firearm, may nevertheless use a […]
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People v. Brown, 2020 Mich. App. LEXIS 69 (MI Ct. App. 2020) LOSD Summary: This case involves a murder defendant who was denied funding from the trial court for a specific expert witness on various use-of-force issues, despite the defendant’s claim of indigent status, and who then appealed that denial. The trial was paused while
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State v. Thomas, 2020 La. App. Unpub. LEXIS 7 (LA Ct. App. 1st 2020) LOSD Summary: This murder case out of Louisiana involves issues of disparity of numbers justifying deadly defensive force in the context of a fistfight, consciousness of guilt evidence in the form of lying to police and flight for purposes other than
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McCain v. State, 2020 Ind. App. LEXIS 2 (IN Ct. App. 2020) LOSD Summary: Defendant shot and killed a man, was charged with murder, and at trial claimed self-defense. At the close of the trial the defendant also requested a separate jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter. The jury convicted the defendant of the lesser offense
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State v. Serigny, 2020 La. App. Unpub. LEXIS 8 (LA Ct. App. 1st 2020) LOSD Summary: Defendant was charged with aggravated battery for stabbing the victim in a fight, causing a non-fatal injury. The interesting facet of this case is that Louisiana law remains unclear on which part bears the burden of persuasion on self-defense
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People v. Artiaga, 2020 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 129 (CA Ct. App. 6th 2020) LOSD SUMMARY: A violent shoplifter argued at trial that he was entitled to a self-defense instruction because he was resisting the unreasonable defensive force of the merchant. Trial judge denied the self-defense instruction, defendant was convicted (and sentenced merely to probation).
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People v. Palomar, 2020 Cal. App. LEXIS 4 (CA Ct. App. 2nd. 2020) LOSD SUMMARY: Bare-handed attack that killed victim found at trial to qualify as second-degree murder, in part under doctrine of “implied malice,” and this conviction is affirmed on appeal in this decision. The decision has a dissent. Court of Appeal of California,
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Crum v. State, 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 10296 (TX Ct. App. 2019) Court of Appeals of Texas, Sixth District, Texarkana August 22, 2019, Submitted; November 27, 2019, Decided No. 06-18-00202-CR 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 10296 AARON TYLER CRUM, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee Judges: Before Morriss, C.J., Burgess and Stevens, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss. Concurring
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Washer v. State, 2019 Fla. App. LEXIS 17123 (FL Ct. App. 2019) Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District November 15, 2019, Opinion Filed Case No. 5D19-663 2019 Fla. App. LEXIS 17123 WAYNE CHARLES WASHER, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Counsel: Wayne Charles Washer, Cross City, Pro se. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and
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Bolduc v. State, 2019 Fla. App. LEXIS 13463 (FL Ct. App. 2019) Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District September 4, 2019, Opinion Filed Case No. 2D18-2734 2019 Fla. App. LEXIS 13463 | 2019 WL 4179818 ELTON BOLDUC, DOC #134739, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee Counsel: Elton Bolduc, Pro se. Judges: SALARIO, Judge. MORRIS
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