State v. Fuller’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably State v. Burkhart (2002), State v. Nichols (1997)
37 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on State v. Davis · State v. Harvey · State v. Jackson · State v. Hardin · State v. Mason
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Self-defense is a complete defense. If established you must find the defendant not guilty. Now, in this case there are three elements that you would consider that are required by law to establish self-defense. First, first (sic), the defendant must be without fault in bringing on the difficulty. Second, he must have actually believed, actually believed (sic) that he was in imminent danger of losing his life or sustaining serious bodily injury or he actually was in such imminent danger. Third, if his defense is based upon his belief of imminent danger, then the reasonable person of ordinary firmness and courage would have entertained the same belief. If a defendant actually was in imminent danger, then the circumstances must have been such as would warrant a person of ordinary firmness, prudence and courage to strike the fatal blow in order to save himself from serious bodily harm or losing his own life. 4”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Starnes · State v. McCray“stated 'he was going to take care’ of Fuller” and both victims threatened him with a racial slur. Id. As to the”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Marin · State v. Marin“(a man) in the bedroom. Since the trailer was occupied by another prostitute, Fuller left to find a friend's party. Unsuccessful in finding the party, Fuller returned to Blume Court. Upon returning, Fuller encountered a car driven by a white woman blocking the entrance to Blume Court. Fuller asked her to move. Mr. Dixon, the owner of the private Ole Place Club, and Mr. Phillips, the Ole Place Club's bouncer, approached Fuller's car and asked him what he was”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Marin
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.