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Nov 14, 2012 criminal-law self-defense homicide proximate-cause evidence res-gestae

Self-Defense and Proximate Cause in Homicide: Lessons from Belbis v. People

The Supreme Court clarifies when self-defense fails and how proximate cause links stab wounds to death in homicide cases.