State v. Bell

How courts have described this case

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

• a good faith belief that deadly force is necessary is not in itself sufficient to support a self-defense instruction; such belief must be reasonable from an objective standpoint

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Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Walker
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-11-12· cited 211×
• State v. Walden
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-03-13· cited 172×
• State v. Dyson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-12-08· cited 26×
• State v. Munguia
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-07-19· cited 23×
• State v. Bergeson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-02-20· cited 20×
• State v. Lowe
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1993-09-17· cited 16×
• State v. Chase
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-08-28· cited 15×
• State v. Huddleston
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1996-03-22· cited 12×
• State v. Janes
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-02-28· cited 9×
• State v. Hixson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-03-23· cited 7×
• State v. LeFaber
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1995-05-09· cited 6×
• State v. Dyson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1998-03-23
• State of Washington v. Shalin E. Alltus
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2019-08-22