State v. Linde’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Under the law relating to self-defense, one may defend oneself whenever one reasonably believes that he or she is in imminent danger of bodily harm at the hands of another. Such a person, having the fear, need not wait for the other to strike the first blow. However, such a person must use only such force as is reasonably necessary for his own protection. The permissible degree of force used in defense of oneself varies with the particular set of circumstances in which he or she acts, but in no set of circumstances may one apply more than that degree of force necessary to prevent bodily injury.” State v. Linde, 876 A.2d 1115, 1129 (R.I.2005) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also State v. D'Amario, 568 A.2d 1383, 1385 (R.I.1990).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Lakesha Garrett · In re J.S.

2. “[jury] instructions in their entirety to ascertain the manner in which a jury of ordinary intelligent lay people would have understood them,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Lopez

3. “the instructions adequately cover the law and neither reduce nor shift the state's burden of proof.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Lopez