Appellate Court of Illinois· 11/3/1987

People v. Robinson

Citations

516 N.E.2d 1292
163 Ill. App. 3d 754
114 Ill. Dec. 898
1987 Ill. App. LEXIS 2165

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noting that although a shooting occurring as a result of a struggle was accidental, “the preceding events could [still] place the shooting in the context of self-defense” (internal quotation marks omitted)
concluding that an issue was not forfeited where it was not set forth in either the “ ‘Points and Authorities’ ” or “ ‘Statement of Issues’ ” section of the brief because it “was argued, with citations to authority, on two pages in the body of [the] brief”
evidence of self-defense admissible as to struggle that ended with fatal gunshot, even if defendant claims that gunshot itself was an accident
when one nonrecklessly uses justified self-defensive force against A that unintentionally kills B, one is relieved of liability for B’s death
when one nonrecklessly uses justified self-defensive force against A that unintentionally kills B, one is relieved of liability for B's death
“such cases disclose *** no self-defense was actually shown on the facts, thus justifying no instruction thereon that could contradict an accident theory in the first place”

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Judges: Stamos

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