Commonwealth v. King’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Randolph · Commonwealth v. Harrington · Commonwealth v. Azar · Commonwealth v. LeFave · Commonwealth v. Kendrick
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.
“"Where nondeadly force is used, a defendant is entitled to a self-defense instruction if the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the defendant * without regard to credibility, supports a reasonable doubt that (1) the defendant had reasonable concern for his personal safety; (2) he used all reasonable means to avoid physical combat; and (3) 'the degree of force used was reasonable in the circumstances, with proportionality being the touchstone for assessing reasonableness.' "”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“sufficient evidence for the jury to conclude that the defendant used unreasonable force in the circumstances”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.