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· 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

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

  • 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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