Clark v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that Section 470(a) provides that justification is unavailable for offenses that require a reckless mental state if the defendant’s belief that force is justified is itself reckless
• ―We presume that the General Assembly intentionally chose particular language . . . .‖
• “When construing a statute, we attempt to ascertain and give effect to the General Assembly’s intent. If we determine that a statute is unambiguous, we give the statutory language its plain meaning.” (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)
• \We presume that the General Assembly intentionally chose particular language\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bon Ayre Land, LLC v. Bon Ayre Community Association
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-10-10· cited 18×
• State of Delaware v. Fletcher.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2015-05-19
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2018-01-10
• DNREC v. McGinnis Auto & Mobile Home Salvage, LLC
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2020-02-20
• Salzberg v. Sciabacucchi
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2020-03-18
• Salzberg v. Sciabacucchi
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2020-04-14
• St. v. Terreros
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2021-11-29
• Sutton v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2024-06-20
• Robert F. Moran v. Unation, Inc., a Delaware corporation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2025-12-22

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Wainwright v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-02-21· cited 430×
• State v. McCullum
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-03-10· cited 291×
• Coastal Barge Corp. v. Coastal Zone Industrial Control Board
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-04-22· cited 134×
• Claudio v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-01-22· cited 107×
• Alonzo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-09-14· cited 91×
• CML V, LLC v. Bax
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2011-09-06· cited 75×
• Elliott v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1998-09-03· cited 70×
• Taylor v. Diamond State Port Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2011-02-16· cited 65×
• People v. Pickering
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2011-09-12· cited 64×
• Doroshow, Pasquale, Krawitz & Bhaya v. Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-01-23· cited 56×
• State v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-01-30· cited 55×
• State v. Hanton
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-08-07· cited 47×
• Lunnon v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1998-05-14· cited 37×
• Wright v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-02-07· cited 32×
• Sussex County Department of Elections v. Sussex County Republican Committee
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-01-16· cited 29×
• Small v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-09-11· cited 21×
• Bentley v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2007-06-11· cited 17×
• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2002-09-03· cited 16×
• Herring v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2002-01-08· cited 14×
• Kostyshyn v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-09-04· cited 12×