Tiner v. State

Citations

44 Tex. 128

Syllabus

<p>Self-defense.—A party guilty of a misdemeanor and fired on by a policeman while avoiding arrest may repel such attack in self-defense by returning the fire, and if in so doing he kill the policeman such killing would not necessarily be unlawful.</p>

Judges: Gould

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Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

State v. Phillips
Supreme Court of Iowa· 1902-12-20· cited 79×
Roberson v. United States
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1910-11-23· cited 15×
Martinez v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1941-05-14· cited 9×
State v. Durham
Supreme Court of North Carolina· 1906-03-06· cited 4×
Commonwealth v. Rhoads
Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1903-10-30· cited 1×
Plasters v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas· 1877-07-01
Sanner v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas· 1877-07-01
People v. Lyons
New York Court of Appeals· 1888-06-15

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