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).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Mitchem v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-09-05· cited 132×
• Hollowell v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1999-03-25· cited 106×
• Martin v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-03-12· cited 29×
• McKinney v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-09-17· cited 23×
• White v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-07-28· cited 19×
• State v. Wall
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2020-12-17· cited 8×
• Marquinn Jones-Nelson v. State of Alaska
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2022-06-24· cited 6×
• Casey v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1997-12-16· cited 5×
• Terrane Mitchem v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-09-05
• Boyko v. Parke
  N.D. Indiana· 1999-09-21
• Pamela Richardson v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-02-24
• John Taylor v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-12-29
• David Cobb v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-02-22
• Robert Fuentes v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-03-17
• Mauricio Martinez v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-03-28
• Jasmine Sivels v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-10-14
• Juan Hernandez v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-11-28
• Corey S. Mack v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-10-04
• Ajia Denise Sanders v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2020-06-19

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Row v. Holt
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-04-24· cited 59×
• Jester v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1990-03-21· cited 49×
• Beatty v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1991-03-13· cited 35×
• Heglin v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1957-02-11· cited 32×
• Spinks v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1982-07-23· cited 32×
• Gunn v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1977-08-03· cited 19×
• Franklin v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1977-07-21· cited 17×
• Aguirre v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1990-04-11· cited 17×
• Carbo, Inc. v. Lowe
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1988-04-21· cited 15×
• Bates v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-07-16· cited 8×
• Wall v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1991-06-27· cited 8×
• Green v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1981-07-08· cited 8×
• Johnson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1994-12-29· cited 6×
• Degenias v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1979-03-22· cited 5×