Carter v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[A] blow to an unprotected human head . . . presents quite a different circumstance than a . . . blow to an unprotected hand.”
• hand that remained swollen for one month after attack was not serious physical injury
• \[T]he General Assembly must have intended that the fact finder consider the actual circumstances and not any conceivable circumstance under which the instrument might have been used. The `circumstances' to be considered must include the actor's intent and manner of use.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2009-03-10· cited 7×
• Lemons v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2011-11-17· cited 6×
• Rose v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-08-23· cited 3×
• Simon v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2009-11-25· cited 1×
• Binaird v. Pierce
  D. Delaware· 2013-10-10· cited 1×
• State of Missouri v. Phillip Lamont Ransburg
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2016-02-16
• Belmont v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2018-03-07
• State v. Clark
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2019-01-30
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2020-01-07
• Cirwithian v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2021-05-06
• State v. Jones
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2022-07-20
• State v. Pearson
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2024-06-10
• State v. Church
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2025-05-15