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← 2017 MT 163 - State v. Daniels

State v. Daniels’s Empirical Analysis

2017

Citation profile

14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
March 2026
most recently cited

14 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Unified Industries, Inc. v. Easley · State v. Martinez · State v. Heath · State v. Weaselboy · State v. English

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “approach .... Instead, he offered alternative theories as to why the jury should acquit him of aggravated burglary -that he did not knowingly enter Loney's apartment and that he fought with Loney in self-defense. The evidence could have supported the jury in finding that Daniels knocked on Loney's apartment door, that Loney exited the apartment, and that the two fell through the apartment door while they were fighting-i.e., that Daniels did not”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “[t]he evidence could have supported Daniels's argument that he did not knowingly enter or remain in Loney's apartment even if Loney was not the aggressor in their fight. Daniels therefore was entitled to the lesser-included assault instruction.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “This court reviews for correctness the legal determinations a lower court makes when giving jury instructions, including whether the instructions, as a whole, fully and fairly instruct the jury on the applicable law.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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