Ward v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 2016
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mallott v. State · Alvarado v. State · Oxereok v. State · Stoneking v. State · Calantas v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“It is of paramount importance that the benefits conferred by the Constitutions of the United States and Alaska be extended with an even hand to the people of our state. When a large segment of the population lives in towns and villages scattered throughout the regions of the state, we cannot afford to succumb to the temptation of convenience by allowing the machinery of justice to become inflexibly entrenched within the enclaves of our major cities. Instead we must tailor our system of justice to meet the needs of the people. It is our judicial system which must take the initiative to assure compliance with the mandates of the Constitution; we cannot simply neglect or ignore communities of individuals located in remote areas of the state. Justice must be made available to all of the people of Alaska.[ 62 ]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. LESTENKOF v. State“[If] B [were] making a murderous assault upon A under such circumstances that A was privileged to kill B in the lawful defense of [his] life[,] [and if], under those circumstances, A should shoot at B in the proper and prudent exercise of his privilege of self-defense, and should happen unexpectedly ... to cause the death of C, [then] A should be free from criminal guilt. [[Image here]] [But this] hypothetical situation ... supposes not only [that A had], the privilege to direct deadly force against B in the defense of A’s life, but also the proper and prudent exercise of this privilege. If ... [A] exercised this privilege so imprudently and improperly as to constitute a criminally negligent disregard of the life of the innocent bystander, C, [then] the killing of C would be manslaughter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Barber v. State
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