Bain v. State
Citations
- 67 Miss. 557
Syllabus
<p>Criminal Law. Perjury. Testifying under duress. Threats.</p> <p>A person who has wilfully sworn falsely, as a witness upon a trial, and has been indicted for perjury, cannot defend upon the ground that he so testified under fear engendered by the threats of others, the threatened danger not being imminent, impending and unavoidable.</p>
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “The impelling danger, however, should be present, imminent and impending, and not to be avoided.”
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Judges: Cooper
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Ruffin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 2008-10-23· cited 58×
- State v. ToscanoSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1977-06-27· cited 43×
- State v. WestonOregon Supreme Court· 1923-10-09· cited 27×
- People ex rel. Rusch v. RivlinAppellate Court of Illinois· 1934-10-16· cited 10×
- People v. GenserCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1967-04-24· cited 8×
- State v. RosilloSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-07-06· cited 2×
- Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi· 2007-02-06· cited 1×
- Micah Ruffin v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court· 2007-04-12
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