West v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
July 2018
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ashinsky v. State · Green v. State · 80 Okla. Crim. 328 - Jenkins v. State · Steele v. State · Jones 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[s]elf-defense is not available to a person who is the aggressor or who enters into mutual combat.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Self-defense is an affirmative defense which must be raised by the defendant . . . .”
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.