State v. Branham’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
July 2025
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Kotwicki · State v. Lindberg · State v. Sattler · State v. Damon · State v. Jeremiah Green
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The primary issue in the affirmative defense of justifiable use of force is the reasonableness of the defendant's belief that the use of force is necessary. Therefore, only facts known to the defendant at the time of the incident are relevant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“person is justified in the use of force likely to cause death or serious bodily harm only if the person reasonably believes that the force is necessary to prevent imminent death or serious bodily harm to the person ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A person is justified in the use of force ... against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that the conduct is necessary for self-defense ....”
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.