People v. Whiters

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• stating that an arrest warrant was not a detainer because it was not filed with the institution in which the prisoner was imprisoned
• defendant’s perception of danger, not actual peril, is dispositive as to reasonableness of defendant’s belief that the use of deadly force was justified
• defendant’s perception of danger, not actual peril, is dispositive as to reasonableness of defendant’s belief that the use of deadly force was justified
• “Perception of danger is always material and relevant to defendant’s belief that the use of deadly force is justified.”
• evidence supported an involuntary manslaughter instruction where defendant stabbed her boyfriend once during a physical altercation, screamed that she did not mean to do it, and immediately called for help
• to allow a defendant to use his opening statement to “vilify the victim’s character *** without offering any supporting evidence” and without an evidentiary response from the State would defeat the truth-seeking function of a trial

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