Article Title

State of Tennessee v. Antoine Perrier

Authors

Nickolas Bolduc, Belmont University - College of Law
Dakota Dexter, Belmont University - College of Law

Abstract

Student comments on the Tennessee Supreme Court decision “State of Tennessee v. Antoine Perrier”. The law now holds that the Tennessee legislature intended that the phrase “not engaged in unlawful activity” contained in the self-defense statute constitutes a condition on an individual’s privilege to not retreat prior to exercising self-defense. Next, the trial court now possesses the duty of determining whether a defendant was engaged in unlawful activity at the time of the alleged self-defense as to negate the applicable instruction. Those holdings are the newest additions to Tennessee law.

Keywords

Criminal Law, Self-defense, Tennessee, Tennessee Supreme Court

Recommended Citation

Bolduc, Nickolas and Dexter, Dakota (2018) "State of Tennessee v. Antoine Perrier," Belmont Criminal Law Journal: Vol. 1, Article 13.
Available at: https://repository.belmont.edu/clj/vol1/iss1/13