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State v. Meyers

Citations

  • 781 P.2d 700
  • 245 Kan. 471
  • 1989 Kan. LEXIS 168

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  • self-defense instruction not appropriate where defendant provoked victims by throwing firecrackers and leading them on a high-speed chase
  • exception under K.S.A. 21-3214[3] not available when after first confrontation, defendant left, retrieved a rifle, and returned to shoot the victim, i.e., “defendant could have avoided fatal confrontation” by staying away
  • exceptions of K.S.A. 21-3214, the precursor to K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 21-5226[c][1] and [2], not available because defendant left first confrontation and could have avoided fatal confrontation by staying home

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Judges: Lockett, Six

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