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New York v. Tomlins

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New York v. Tomlins, 107 N.E. 496 (N.Y. 1914), is a criminal case in which it was found when a defendant claims self defense, that there is no duty to retreat from one's own home. The court wrote, "It is not now and has never been the law that a man assailed in his own dwelling is bound to retreat."[1]: 552–3 

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  1. ^ Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1, [1]