Court Opinion

ID: 9752097
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 17:35:49.568099+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:27:07.361872
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Dooley, J.,
concurring. I fully concur in Justice Morse’s opinion for the Court. Because the issue will recur, I add that I do not believe that we should adopt the doctrine of “imperfect self-defense” to reduce murder to manslaughter in any case. I note that a number of states that have adopted this doctrine have done so by legislation. See 2 W. LaFave & A. Scott, Substantive Criminal Law § 7.11(a) n.6 (1986). If the doctrine is to be adopted, it should be done by the Legislature.