Motley v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1912
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 1915
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Rhea v. State · Skaggs v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We do not think the instruction open to this objection, since it tells the jury they (referring to defendants) should have employed all reasonable means in their power, consistent with their safety, ‘to have avoided danger, real or apparent, to themselves.’ In five 'other instructions given, the court told the jury that they had the right to act upon the appearance of danger to the extent of taking the life of deceased, if they honestly believed, without fault or carelessness on their part in reaching such conclusion, that it was necessary to do- so in their defense.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Whitener v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.