Morris v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
July 1987
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on New Ellerslie Fishing Club v. Stewart · Dilger v. Commonwealth · Elliott v. Commonwealth · Smith v. Commonwealth · McNutt Oil & Refining Co. v. Brooks
Most-quoted passages
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“believed and had reasonable grounds to believe that he was in danger of death or great bodily harm at the hands of the officer and in the exercise of reasonable judgment there were no other safe means of averting the real or apparent danger except to kill the officer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Trombly
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