Appellate Court of Illinois· 3/6/2001

People v. Dillard

Citations

745 N.E.2d 185
319 Ill. App. 3d 102
253 Ill. Dec. 411
2001 Ill. App. LEXIS 236

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finding the State disproved the defendant’s self-defense claim where another party instigated a - 23 - fight with defendant but then turned and walked away, at which point the defendant struck him again
right of self-defense does not permit a defendant to act in retaliation or “to pursue and inflict injury upon an initial aggressor after the aggressor abandons the altercation”
right of self-defense does not permit a defendant to act in retaliation or \to pursue and inflict injury upon an initial aggressor after the aggressor abandons the altercation\

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Judges: Steigmann

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