State v. Charles

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A] threat of death or great bodily harm that is not imminent cannot justify use of deadly force [for self-defense], because the use of such force may be unnecessary.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Robert Reed v. Daniel Hoy Douglas County Douglas County Sheriff's Office
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-07-18· cited 14×
• State v. Sandoval
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2007-03-29· cited 14×
• State v. Luther
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1983-05-11· cited 13×
• State v. Moore
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1985-03-06· cited 10×
• State v. Gruver
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2011-12-14· cited 7×
• Gilley v. Morrow
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-08-31· cited 4×
• State v. Davis
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1983-10-12· cited 1×
• State v. Cranston
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2025-10-29· cited 1×
• State v. Lang
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2007-09-12
• State v. Keegan
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2026-04-29

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Beard v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1895-05-27· cited 149×
• State v. Shumway
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1981-06-23· cited 108×
• State v. Sorrentino
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1924-03-25· cited 79×
• State of Oregon v. Nodine
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1953-07-08· cited 66×
• State v. Marsh
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1971-11-05· cited 61×
• State v. Smith
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1903-03-30· cited 36×
• State v. Rader
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1919-12-23· cited 30×
• People v. McGrandy
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1967-12-07· cited 27×
• State v. Gray
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1904-01-11· cited 27×
• State v. Gibson
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1903-08-03· cited 20×
• State v. Shumway
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1980-02-25· cited 16×
• State v. Baratta
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1951-11-13· cited 16×
• Foster v. Territory of Arizona
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1899-03-15· cited 11×
• State v. Gough
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1919-10-16· cited 9×
• State v. Joseph
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1962-05-16· cited 8×
• State v. Charles
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1981-10-12· cited 6×
• People v. Katz
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1942-01-12· cited 4×