Bangs v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 state decisions

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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The burden to produce some evidence of self-defense is not ... a heavy one; this standard is satisfied when self-defense has fairly been called into issue.... A jury question will be presented and [a self-defense] instruction required if the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the accused, might arguably lead a juror to entertain a reasonable doubt as to the defendant’s guilt.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Xi Van Ha v. State · Paul v. State

2. ““The law of self-defense is designed to afford protection to one who is beset by an aggressor and confronted by a necessity not of his own making.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Klumb v. State · Loesche v. State

3. “Thus, in determining whether Brown was a first aggressor, the crucial inquiry is not whether he was armed when he went to meet with Miller; rather, it is whether his assault occurred “in the course of a dispute provoked by the defendant at a time when he [knew] or ought reasonably' to [have known] that the encounter [would] result in mortal combat.” This is an inquiry that must be resolved in light of the totality of the evidence presented at trial. [Citation omitted.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Klumb v. State