State v. Law’s Empirical Analysis
1944
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
August 2009
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Turner
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.
“[uJnless the evidence is so conclusive that every reasonable mind must say that the means and the force used were necessary to defend against aggression the question of whether the killing was in self-defense is a question for the jury to determine.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“was a well muscled man, weighing at least 220 pounds, 'six feet easy' and a powerful strapping man. [The witness] 'would judge Law to weigh 125 pounds and about five feet six' in height.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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