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· 11/30/1962

The PEOPLE v. Thornton

Citations

  • 186 N.E.2d 239
  • 26 Ill. 2d 218
  • 1962 Ill. LEXIS 373

How courts have described this case

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

  • “The right of self-defense *** does [not] allow the pursuit and killing of even an original aggressor after the aggressor abandons the quarrel.”
  • right of self-defense does not permit “pursuit and killing of even an original aggressor after the aggressor abandons the quarrel”

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Judges: Solfisburg

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