Erwin v. State, 29 Ohio St. 186, 199 (1876), Self-Defense Paul C. Giannelli. Spring 1996. Public Defender Reporter. Volume 18, Issue 2. Case Western University School of Law is a criminal case in which the court rejected the duty to retreat when using deadly force in self-defense.Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, , The court wrote that a faultless "true man" would not retreat.No Duty to Retreat:Violence and Values in American History and Society 4030 (1991)
Using "famous language", the court wrote:
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