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State v. Acre-Kendall (2015)
Charge: Homicide (self-defense)Court: Wisconsin Circuit Court, Polk CountyState: WisconsinDocket: Overboard
Was the stabbing a reasonable act of self-defense, or an unlawful killing the Defendant could have walked away from?
The facts
Four young men were fishing on one bank of a river at night. Two older men on the far bank objected to their swearing and to the smell of marijuana. Later that evening the two crossed over to confront them. One of them pushed the Defendant, who was twenty, to the ground. He took out a knife and got into a friend's car. The other man pulled him out of it in a shoulder lock, and was stabbed once.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: State v. Acre-Kendall (Wis. Cir. Ct. 2015)
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