Cloud v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
December 2024
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Malcolm v. State · Robinson v. State · Smith v. Francis
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To make a prima facie showing of justification so as to allow evidence of violent acts by the victim against third parties, “the defendant must show that the victim was the aggressor, the victim assaulted the defendant, and the defendant was honestly trying to defend himself.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Slaughter v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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