State v. Rodriguez’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
4
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Kelly · State v. Simon · Leger v. Louisiana · State v. Galloway · State v. Jordan
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he actor knows that he can avoid the necessity of using such force with complete safety by retreating.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“When the actor is justified ... in using force upon or toward the person of another but he recklessly or negligently injures or creates a risk of injury to innocent persons, the justification afforded by those sections is unavailable in a prosecution for such recklessness or negligence towards innocent persons.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the use of force upon or toward another person is justifiable when the actor reasonably believes that such force is immediately necessary for the purpose of protecting himself against the use of unlawful force by such other person on the present occasion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.