Kittle 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.

• “[TJhere was no evidence, ‘however weak,’ to establish that appellant acted out of a fear of imminent harm.”
• “[T]here was no evidence, ‘however weak,’ to establish that appellant acted out of a fear of imminent harm.”
• “To invoke self-defense, there must be some evidence that: (1) appellant actually believed he was in imminent danger of bodily harm, and (2) he had reasonable grounds for that belief.” (internal quotation marks and brackets omitted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado
  Supreme Court· 2017-03-06· cited 326×
• Pena-Rodriguez v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2015-05-18· cited 17×
• Vines v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2013-07-11· cited 12×
• TAMEKA PARKER v. UNITED STATES
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2017-03-16
• Miguel Aguilar, Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2017-09-26
• Binion v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2024-08-08
• Kelecha v. Menghesha
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2025-04-10
• Tommy James Rumph v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2026-03-13

Cites

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

• McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-18· cited 1,407×
• Rushen v. Spain
  Supreme Court· 1983-12-12· cited 1,013×
• Tanner v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-22· cited 915×
• Johnson v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-01-31· cited 771×
• McDonald v. Pless
  Supreme Court· 1915-06-14· cited 734×
• Rose v. Mitchell
  Supreme Court· 1979-07-02· cited 651×
• United States v. Jermaine Boney, United States of America v. Donald A. Holloman
  D.C. Circuit· 1992-10-13· cited 155×
• Fleshner v. Pepose Vision Institute, P.C.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2010-02-09· cited 155×
• State v. Santiago
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-07-14· cited 99×
• Raul Lara Martinez v. Food City, Inc., D/B/A Foodland
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-10-07· cited 71×
• United States v. Rex Henley, Rafael Bustamante, Willie McGowan and Garey West
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-02-07· cited 65×
• James B. Shillcutt v. John R. Gagnon
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-08-27· cited 62×
• Sellars v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-04-27· cited 60×
• United States v. Benally
  Tenth Circuit· 2008-11-12· cited 56×
• United States v. Villar
  First Circuit· 2009-11-10· cited 43×
• Reid v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-10-11· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Laguer
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-05-14· cited 40×
• United States v. Rayfield Wilson
  D.C. Circuit· 1976-04-15· cited 36×
• Ronald A. Williams v. James Price, Superintendent, Sci-Pittsburgh D. Michael Fisher, Attorney General
  Third Circuit· 2003-09-09· cited 36×
• State v. Hidanovic
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2008-04-17· cited 29×