Finnegan v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that, “[w]here one blow may have been adequate to repel” an attacker, “repeated blows to the head with a hammer went way beyond what was necessary for defense”
• noting that, “[w]here one blow may have been adequate to repel” an attacker, “repeated blows to the head with a hammer went way beyond what was necessary for defense”
• use of excessive force to repel homosexual sexual assault could support a finding that defendant had acted without mitigation
• “Where one blow may have been adequate to repel [the] victim, repeated blows to the head with a hammer went way beyond what was necessary for defense.” (emphasis added)
• “Where one blow may have been adequate to repel [the] victim, repeated blows to the head with a hammer went way beyond what was necessary for defense.” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).