People v. Dingley’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
October 2015
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on People v. . Tomlins · 13 E.H. Smith 346 - People v. . Kennedy · 7 E.H. Smith 24 - People v. . Constantino · Shorter v. . the People · People v. . Governale
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The revised section (subd. 2) codifies what was for many years the former law: in substance, that, even though reasonably believing deadly physical force is about to be used against him, a person may not counter with the same if he knows that he can avoid the necessity of doing so by retreating, unless he is in his dwelling and not the initial aggressor or a peace officer making an authorized arrest”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Washington v. Harris
How this case has been treated — in progress
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