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· 1/5/1987

People v. Dittis

Citations

  • 403 N.W.2d 94
  • 157 Mich. App. 38

How courts have described this case

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

  • “The rationale underlying the common law rule is that one cannot submit to coercion to take the life of a third person, but should risk or sacrifice his own life instead.”
  • du-ress not a defense to homicide

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Holbrook, Wahls, Dodge

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