124 Conn. App. 161 - State v. Skelly’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Jimenez · State v. Singleton · State v. Pauling · 102 Conn. App. 556 - State v. Pauling · Poulin v. Commissioner of Correction
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A defendant who acts as an initial aggressor is not entitled to the protection of the defense of self-defense.... The initial aggressor, however, is not necessarily the first person who uses physical force.... Section 53a-19 contemplates that a person who reasonably perceives a threat of physical force may respond with physical force without becoming the initial aggressor and forfeiting the defense of self-defense.... The initial aggressor is the person who first acts in such a manner that creates a reasonable belief in another person's mind that physical force is about to be used upon that other person.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[n]otwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a person is not justified in using physical force when ... (2) he is the initial aggressor, except that his use of physical force upon another person under such circumstances is justifiable if he withdraws from the encounter and effectively communicates to such other person his intent to do so, but such other person notwithstanding continues or threatens the use of physical force ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A defendant who acts as an initial aggressor is not entitled to the protection of the defense of self-defense.... The initial aggressor is the person who first acts in such a manner that creates a reasonable belief in another person's mind that physical force is about to be used based upon that other person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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