937 So. 2d 771 - Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 837 So. 2d 366 - Reed v. State · 619 So. 2d 285 - Sochor v. State · 521 So. 2d 106 - Smith v. State · Bozeman v. State · 933 So. 2d 1155 - Intcomex Holdings, LLC v. Grant Thornton International
Most-quoted passages
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“(1) the defendant reasonably believed that his action was necessary to avoid an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to himself or others; (2) the defendant did not intentionally or recklessly place himself in a situation in which it would be probable that he would be forced to choose the criminal conduct; (3) there existed no other adequate means to avoid the threatened harm except the criminal conduct; (4) the harm sought to be avoided was more egregious than the criminal conduct perpetrated to avoid it; and (5) the defendant ceased the criminal conduct as soon as the necessity or apparent necessity for it ended.”
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.