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    "judges": [
      "We agree. Harris, C.J., and Fogleman and Holt, JJ."
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    "parties": [
      "James E. ERVIN v. STATE of Arkansas"
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "George Rose Smith, Justice.\nOn November 2, 1976, the appellant shot and killed Willie E. Briggs, in the course of an argument, as the two were sitting in a car at a parking lot in Little Rock. The appellant testified that he shot because he thought Briggs was about to draw a gun. Charged with second degree murder, the appellant was found guilty and given a 20-year sentence.\nThe court instructed the jury, in the language of the Criminal Code, that a person may not use deadly physical force in self-defense if he knows that he can avoid the necessity of using that force with complete safety by retreating. Ark. Stat. Ann. \u00a7 41-507 (Crim. Code 1976). The appellant argues that the court should have added the statutory exceptions: That one is not required to retreat if he is in his dwelling and was not the original aggressor, or is a law enforcement officer, or is assisting at the direction of such an officer. Id. The exceptions were not pertinent to the facts in the case; so there was no need for the court to include them in the charge to the jury. Gross v. State, 186 Ind. 581, 117 N.E. 562, 1 A.L.R. 1151 (1917); Adams v. State, 200 Md. 133, 88 A. 2d 556 (1952); Huckleberry v. State, 64 Okl. Cr. 396, 81 P. 2d 493 (1938).\nAffirmed.\nWe agree. Harris, C.J., and Fogleman and Holt, JJ.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Harold L. Hall, Public Defender, by: William R. Simpson, Jr., Dep. Public Defender, for appellant.",
      "Bill Clinton, Atty. Gen., by: Robert Lyford, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "James E. ERVIN v. STATE of Arkansas\nCR 77-145\n557 S.W. 2d 617\nOpinion delivered November 21, 1977\n(Division I)\nHarold L. Hall, Public Defender, by: William R. Simpson, Jr., Dep. Public Defender, for appellant.\nBill Clinton, Atty. Gen., by: Robert Lyford, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee."
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