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· 11/8/1915

Lawyers Title & Trust Co. v. Comptroller of Treasury

Citations

  • 85 N.J. Eq. 481
  • 95 A. 1003
  • 1915 N.J. Prerog. Ct. LEXIS 13

How courts have described this case

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  • reiterating that a trial court is not required \to accept the accused's version of the underlying facts\ in considering a claim of immunity (quoting Curry, 406 S.C. at 371, 752 S.E.2d at 266)
  • finding the defendant's \behavior and words immediately after the shooting were relevant to his state of mind immediately before and during the shooting\
  • defining voluntary manslaughter as \the unlawful killing of a human being in sudden heat of passion upon sufficient legal provocation\ (quoting State v. Starnes, 388 S.C. 590, 596, 698 S.E.2d 604, 608 (2010))
  • \[O]ur well- established directed verdict standard is not altered by a defendant's claim of self- defense.\

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Judges: Backes, Ordinary

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