Higgenbottom v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• approving an instruction that told the jury, inter alia, that “[a] person may use an amount of force which, at the time of the incident, he reasonably believes is necessary to protect himself from (…continued
• approving an instruction that told the jury, inter alia, that “[a] person may use an amount of force which, at the time of the incident, he reasonably believes is necessary to protect himself from imminent bodily harm” (italics and underscoring added)
• “We review a court’s competency determination ... for abuse of discretion, the exercise of which we will not lightly disturb.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• assault with intent to kill while armed, aggravated assault while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon, mayhem while armed
• assault with intent to kill while armed, aggravated assault while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon, mayhem while armed
• “The trial court fulfilled its obligation to inquire into appellant’s competency, and any further advocacy on appellant’s behalf at this point was the responsibility of appellant and his counsel.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).