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Brown v. United States, 256 U.S. 335 (1921)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Brown v. United States, 256 U.S. 335 (1921)
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Brown v. United States No. 103 Argued November 19, 1920 Decided May 16, 1921 256 U.S. 335
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
Syllabus
1. The right of a man to stand his ground and defend himself when attacked with a deadly weapon, even to the extent of taking his assailant’s life, depends upon whether he reasonably believes that he is in immediate danger of death or grievous bodily harm from his assailant, and not upon the detached test whether a man of reasonable prudence, so situated, might not think it possible to fly with safety or to disable his assailant, rather than kill him. P. 343. Beard v. United States, 158 U.S. 550.
2. So held of a homicide committed on a post office site by one who was there in discharge of his duty. P. 344.
3. In a prosecution for murder, it appeared that the defendant shot the deceased several times and again when the deceased had fallen and was lying on the ground. Held that evidence of self-defense was for the jury, and that, if they disbelieved the defendant’s testimony that the last shot was an accident, they might still have acquitted him if, though intentional, it followed close upon the others in the heat of the conflict and while he believed he was fighting for his life. P. 344.
257 F. 46 reversed.
Certiorari to review a judgment of the circuit court of appeals affirming a judgment of the district court upon a conviction of murder in the second degree. The facts are given in the opinion, post,341.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Brown v. United States, 256 U.S. 335 (1921) in 256 U.S. 335 256 U.S. 336–256 U.S. 341. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3Z8CCTGNBAMF5SL.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Brown v. United States, 256 U.S. 335 (1921), in 256 U.S. 335, pp. 256 U.S. 336–256 U.S. 341. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3Z8CCTGNBAMF5SL.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Brown v. United States, 256 U.S. 335 (1921). cited in 1921, 256 U.S. 335, pp.256 U.S. 336–256 U.S. 341. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3Z8CCTGNBAMF5SL.
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