Sellers v. State

2 Citing cases

  1. McClure v. State

    347 Ga. App. 68 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018)   Cited 7 times
    Raising concerns about requirement that defendant admit act to obtain charge on affirmative defense

    See Koritta v. State , 263 Ga. 703, 705 n. 2, 438 S.E.2d 68 (1994) (" ‘[M]utually exclusive’ or ‘inconsistent’ defenses are presented to the jury when there is evidence to support both.") (citations omitted); Luke v. State , 306 Ga. App. 701, 704, 703 S.E.2d 335 (2010) ("a defendant may choose to pursue alternative defense theories") (citation omitted). But see Sellers v. State , 245 Ga. App. 621, 623-624 (2), 538 S.E.2d 511 (2000) (holding that instructing the jury that self-defense and accident were inconsistent defenses to voluntary manslaughter was not erroneous because accepting one defense would exclude consideration of the other). And the rule appears to be unique to Georgia.

  2. State v. McCoy

    219 W. Va. 130 (W. Va. 2006)   Cited 9 times

    Muhammad, v. State, 829 A.2d 137, 139 (Del. 2003). See also Mathews v. United States, 485 U.S. 58, 63, 108 S.Ct. 883, 887, 99 L.Ed.2d 54 (1988) (reversing conviction for failure to allow inconsistent defenses); Accord United States v. Harrison, 55 F.3d 163, 167 n. 6 (5th Cir.1995); United States, v. Abeyta, 27 F.3d 470, 475 (10th Cir.1994); United States v. Fay, 668 F.2d 375, 378 (8th Cir.1981); United States v. Demma, 523 F.2d 981, 985 (9th Cir.1975); Flake v. State, 156 Ark. 34, 245 S.W. 174, 175 (1922); People v. Atchison, 22 Cal.3d 181, 148 Cal.Rptr. 881, 882, 583 P.2d 735 (1978); State v. Miller, 55 Conn.App. 298, 739 A.2d 1264, 1266 (1999); McClam v. United States, 775 A.2d 1100, 1104 (D.C. Cir.2001); Keyes v. State, 804 So.2d 373, 375 (Fla.Dist.Ct.App. 2001); Sellers v. State, 245 Ga.App. 621, 538 S.E.2d 511, 513 (2000); People v. Wheeler, 200 Ill.App.3d 301, 146 Ill.Dec. 795, 558 N.E.2d 758, 763 (1990); State v. Shehan, 242 Kan. 127, 744 P.2d 824, 827 (1987); State v. Roman, 802 So.2d 1281, 1284 (La. 2001); State v. Knowles, 495 A.2d 335, 338 (Me. 1985); McKay v. State, 90 Md.App. 204, 600 A.2d 904, 911 (1992); Commonwealth v. Fickett, 403 Mass. 194, 526 N.E.2d 1064, 1069 (1988); People v. Cross, 187 Mich.App. 204, 466 N.W.2d 368, 369 (1991); Reddix v. State, 731 So.2d 591, 593 (Miss. 1999); Clayton v. State, 63 S.W.3d 201, 206 (Mo. 2001); Walker v. State, 110 Nev. 571, 876 P.2d 646, 649 (1994); People v. Dawson, 173 A.D.2d 262, 569 N.Y.S.2d 659, 660 (1991); State v. Hayes, 88 N.C.App. 749, 364 S.E.2d 712, 713 (1988); State v. Burns, 15 Or.App. 552, 516 P.2d 748, 750 (1973); State v. Ivy, 868 S.W.2d 724, 727 (Tenn.Crim.App. 1993); Jones v. Commonwealth, 28 Va.App. 444, 506 S.E.2d 27, 29 (1998).