· 11/30/1962
The PEOPLE v. Givens
Citations
- 186 N.E.2d 225
- 26 Ill. 2d 371
- 1962 Ill. LEXIS 406
How courts have described this case
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- reversing murder conviction where “evidence established that the homicide was committed -9- by defendant in his own habitation against one who unlawfully entered it and from whom defendant reasonably feared an assault”
- reversing murder conviction where \evidence established that the homicide was committed by defendant in his own habitation against one who unlawfully entered it and from whom defendant reasonably feared an assault\
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Judges: William G. Clark
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