Grainger v. State

Grainger v. State (1830) is a Tennessee case, known as the timid hunter case, which significantly increased the right of violent self defense in the United States.[1]: 552 [2] The court denied the duty to retreat when a hunter fled rather than stand his ground, scathingly referring to a hunter as a "timid, cowardly man".[2]

References

  1. ^ Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1, [1]
  2. ^ a b No Duty to Retreat: Violence and Values in American History and Society 4-30 (1991)