Supreme Court of Minnesota· 6/17/1999
State v. Carothers
Citations
- 594 N.W.2d 897
- 1999 Minn. LEXIS 357
- 1999 WL 395914
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that early Minnesota case law was “fiercely protective of the home as a sanctuary”
- noting that “early Minnesota caselaw rejected a duty to retreat in cases of self-defense occurring in one’s home”
- stating that “the law clearly values life above property”
- “Minnesota has recognized that a person who kills another in self-defense must have attempted to retreat if reasonably possible.”
- “a duty to retreat is inconsistent with the authority to prevent the commission of a felony in one’s home”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Russell A. Anderson
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. BairdSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2002-12-05· cited 89×
- State v. GlowackiSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2001-07-12· cited 41×
- Trahey v. City of InksterMichigan Court of Appeals· 2015-08-18· cited 37×
- State of Minnesota v. Daniel Joseph DevensSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2014-08-20· cited 21×
- People v. AikenNew York Court of Appeals· 2005-03-31· cited 19×
- McCaughtry v. City of Red WingSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2013-05-31· cited 12×
- Widdison v. StateWyoming Supreme Court· 2018-02-16· cited 9×
- Quaggin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-01-14· cited 6×
- State v. GlowackiCourt of Appeals of Minnesota· 2000-09-27· cited 6×
- State v. PollardCourt of Appeals of Minnesota· 2017-07-10· cited 3×
- State v. BairdCourt of Appeals of Minnesota· 2002-03-12· cited 1×
- State of Minnesota v. Julian Daniel ValdezSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2024-10-09
Cites
20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. HennumSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1989-06-16· cited 83×
- State v. BoyceSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1969-08-01· cited 81×
- State v. BuchananSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1988-11-23· cited 79×
- State v. OlsonSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1992-02-28· cited 69×
- State v. BlandSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1983-08-12· cited 49×
- State v. SandersSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1985-10-18· cited 42×
- State v. AustinSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1983-04-08· cited 37×
- State v. PendletonSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1997-08-07· cited 34×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1967-08-11· cited 34×
- State v. SchluterSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-06-15· cited 22×
- State v. HareSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1998-03-05· cited 19×
- Gainer v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1978-10-11· cited 19×
- State v. GardnerSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1905-11-24· cited 18×
- State v. McPhersonSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1911-06-09· cited 14×
- State v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1984-07-13· cited 12×
- State v. DukeSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1983-07-01· cited 12×
- State v. LoveSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1970-01-05· cited 9×
- State v. HennumCourt of Appeals of Minnesota· 1988-11-23· cited 6×
- State v. TouriSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1907-06-21· cited 4×
- State v. CarothersCourt of Appeals of Minnesota· 1998-10-29· cited 2×
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