MEEK

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• Driggers v. State, 917 So. 2d 329 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005)
  …om the defendant’s commission of the crime. When the defendant commits murder under duress, the resulting harm- — -i.e. the death of an innocent person — is at least as great as the threatened harm — i.e. the death of the defendant.”), cert. denied, 507 U.S. 924, 113 S.Ct. 1292, 122 L.Ed.2d 683 (1993). Even if the law were otherwise, the trial court properly refused to give the duress instruction based on the facts and circumstances of this case. Generally, the defense of duress applies when “a person has…
• Dill v. Allen, 488 F.3d 1344 (11th Cir. 2007)
  …Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed, Dill v. State, 600 So. 2d 343 (Ala.Crim.App.1991), as did the Alabama Supreme Court, Dill v. State (Ex parte Dill), 600 So. 2d 372 (Ala.1992). The United States Supreme Court denied cer-tiorari. Dill v. Alabama, 507 U.S. 924, 113 S.Ct. 1293, 122 L.Ed.2d 684 (1993). On July 1, 1994, proceeding under Rule 32 of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure, petitioner returned to the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, asking that court to set aside his conviction and sentence.…