MacKool v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explicating that Arkansas allows duress to be used as a defense for murder generally
• observing that Arkansas has \previously declined to recognize provocation by a third party as sufficient to require instructions on manslaughter” and holding that \manslaughter instruction was not appropriate in the absence of any proof of provocation from [the victim] herself”
• allowing duress as an affirmative defense to murder on statutory grounds

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• James Edward Williams v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-01-20· cited 67×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2009-01-08· cited 28×
• McMillan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-08-24· cited 22×
• McMillan v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2008-09-09· cited 16×
• People of Michigan v. Tiffany Lynn Reichard
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2020-03-30

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gaines v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2000-01-20· cited 92×
• State v. Rocheville
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-01-04· cited 51×
• State v. Locklair
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-06-26· cited 49×
• Wright v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1998-12-17· cited 47×
• Rainey v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-09-21· cited 44×
• Doss v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2003-02-06· cited 41×
• Huddleston v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-12-02· cited 37×
• Kail v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2000-04-20· cited 36×
• State v. Bautista
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1975-04-10· cited 33×
• Wentworth v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-11-28· cited 30×
• Spann v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1997-05-12· cited 30×
• Bankston v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2005-03-10· cited 15×
• Dow v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1906-01-20· cited 7×