People v. Flax

How courts have described this case

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

• “[E]ven in those jurisdictions which require retreat, the defender need not retreat unless he knows he can do so in complete safety[.]”
• “The defendant in a criminal case may introduce evidence of his good character in order to establish that his character traits are inconsistent with the commission of the crime charged ***.”
• “The defendant in a criminal case may introduce evidence of his good character in order to establish that his character traits are inconsistent with the commission of the crime charged ***.”
• “The defendant in a criminal case may introduce evidence of his good character in order to establish that his character traits are inconsistent with the commission of the crime charged ***.”
• defendant may introduce evidence of his good character to establish that his character traits are inconsistent with the commission of the crime charged but may not introduce evidence of personal opinion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).