Geralds 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 defendant’s use of deadly force was “excessive in the face of [the victim’s] obvious retreat and lack of aggression towards him”
• “[T]he force used must be proportionate to the requirements of the situation. Where a person has used more force than is reasonably necessary . . . the right of self-defense is extinguished . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).