State v. Lilley’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 1992
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Henderson v. Kibbe · State v. Odom · State v. Brown · State v. Jennings · State v. Gatling
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.
“In this case, a reasonable juror could conclude that the defendant was not free from fault where there was evidence showing that defendant had hit the victim’s sister; that defendant had earlier pointed a gun at the victim; that defendant had asked the victim to come over; that the victim heard the defendant and his sister quarreling when he entered their apartment; and that defendant still had the gun in his hand when the victim entered the bedroom. This evidence is sufficient to support a conclusion that the defendant was not free from fault and, thus, could not avail himself of the general rule that one has no duty to retreat when attacked at home.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lilley
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.