Roberts v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• a serious and highly provoking injury need not be a direct physical assault by the victim
• a serious and highly provoking injury need not be a direct physical assault on the victim
• a defendant is entitled to jury instructions that comport with his theory of the case as disclosed by the evidence, no matter how weak or incredible that evidence may appear to be

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Peck v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2000-08-24· cited 27×
• Schoels v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1998-10-27· cited 26×
• Duckett v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1988-03-30· cited 22×
• Batson v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-06-17· cited 20×
• Quillen v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-12-20· cited 20×
• Walker v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 8×
• Williams v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1994-11-30· cited 8×
• Aldana v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 4×
• COLLINS (LESEAN) VS. STATE
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2017-11-22

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Williams v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 42×
• State v. Ah Mook
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1877-07-15· cited 17×