Ex Parte Lacy’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
August 1999
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Horsley v. Horsley · 629 So. 2d 688 - Lacy v. State
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“" It is a well accepted principle of law that a claim of self-defense necessarily serves as an admission that one's conduct was intentional. . . . [A] person simply cannot . . . recklessly defend himself. The decision to defend one's self, whether justified or not, is by its very nature a conscious and intentional decision. If a jury decides that a person is justified in using deadly force to defend himself then he or she is not guilty of any crime, and the defense is perfect. Conversely, if a jury determines that a person is not justified in using deadly force to defend himself then that person is guilty of either murder or simple manslaughter. Our legislature has specifically rejected the notion that any other result can attach where self-defense is concerned."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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