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right of self defense in Mississippi

5 Mississippi opinions name it 2 courts 1981–2024 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Mississippi courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
Anderson v. Stategreen
miss · 1990 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
1 sentence

2024But here, instruction S-4 did not even explain that a person “becomes the aggressor” if he “provokes a difficulty, arming himself in advance, and intending, if necessary, to use his weapon and overcome his adversary . . . .” Anderson v. State, 571 So. 2d 961, 963 (Miss. 1990).

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Keys v. Stategreen
miss · 1994 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2012–2012
1 sentence

2012“A criminal defendant is entitled to present his defense to the finder of fact.” Keys v. State, 635 So.2d 845, 848 (Miss.1994).

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Cook v. Stategreen
miss · 1985 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 1995–1995
2 sentences

1995Id. at 209, n. 4 (emphasis added).

1995Id. at 209, n. 4 (emphasis added).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Mississippi. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (2)

CaseCitedYears
Pulpus v. State green
miss · 1903
2 sentences

1982In Pulpus v. State, 82 Miss. 548 , 34 So. 2 (1903), the Court stated the rule with reference to an aggressor who withdrew from the fray as follows: "One may provide himself with a deadly weapon and hunt another, with design to kill him with it, and provoke and be the aggressor in the encounter in which he kills the other, and still, in the progress of the difficulty should not be denied the right of self-defense, if the killing be not pursuant to the original purpose to kill.

1981In Pulpus v. State, 82 Miss. 548 , 34 So. 2 (1903), the Court stated the rule with reference to an aggressor who withdrew from the fray as follows: "One may provide himself with a deadly weapon and hunt another, with design to kill him with it, and provoke and be the aggressor in the encounter in which he kills the other, and still, in the progress of the difficulty should not be denied the right of self-defense, if the killing be not pursuant to the original purpose to kill.

21981–1982
Coleman v. State green
· 1937
2 sentences

1982If the purpose to overcome opposition arose after the arming, the right of self defense is not cut off. [Citations omitted]. 179 Miss. at 664-655 , 176 So. at 714 .

1982If the purpose to overcome opposition arose after the arming, the right of self defense is not cut off. [Citations omitted]. 179 Miss. at 664-655 , 176 So. at 714 .

21981–1982

Statutes the citing opinions construe

MS § Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-7 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

TX 18 (1922–2020) CA 9 (2013–2021) OH 7 (2015–2025) MD 6 (1984–2016) NC 6 (1971–2026) FL 5 (1911–2017) MS 5 (1981–2024) IL 4 (1972–2021) IN 4 (1979–2018) NM 3 (1909–2010) PA 3 (1898–2025) LA 3 (1953–2020) TN 2 (1962–2019) NV 2 (2015–2022) IA 2 (1968–1968) NY 2 (1927–1972) OK 2 (1954–1974) VA 2 (1978–1990)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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