State v. Griffin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 state decisions

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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Defendant has the right to self defense against a Peace Officer when the officer uses excessive force to effect an arrest. Excessive force means greater force than reasonably necessary to the performance of the duties of the officer. If an officer uses force reasonably necessary to effect an arrest, there is no right of Defendant to self defense. The Defendant acted in self defense if: 1. There was an appearance of immediate danger ... to [Defendant as the result of Deputy Ruben Castro pointing a pistol at [Defendant upon traffic stop for failure to use seatbelt[;] and[ ] 2. [Defendant was in fact put in fear ... [and] picked up a tire tool because of such fear[;] and[ ] 4. The apparent danger would have caused a reasonable person in the same circumstances to act as [Defendant did.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ellis