Supreme Court of Iowa· 4/16/1975
State v. Cruse
Citations
- 228 N.W.2d 28
- 1975 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1005
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that self-defense requires “retreat[ing] as far as is reasonable and safe” (citation omitted)
- “[H]e must retreat as far as is reasonable and safe before taking his adversary’s life, except in his home or place of business[.]”
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Judges: Rawlings, Moore, Rawl-Ings, Uhlenhopp, Harris, McCormick
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14 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. AcostaWashington Supreme Court· 1984-05-24· cited 168×
- State v. KirtleyWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-11-28· cited 78×
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Iowa· 1976-05-19· cited 75×
- State v. OverstreetSupreme Court of Iowa· 1976-06-30· cited 42×
- State v. BeyerSupreme Court of Iowa· 1977-10-19· cited 25×
- State v. BaumannSupreme Court of Iowa· 1975-12-17· cited 23×
- In the Interest of N.W.E.Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1997-03-28· cited 19×
- State v. SharkeySupreme Court of Iowa· 1981-10-21· cited 19×
- State v. WinfunSupreme Court of Iowa· 1978-01-18· cited 9×
- State v. FisherSupreme Court of Iowa· 1976-11-17· cited 8×
- State v. KirtleyWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-02-28· cited 7×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Iowa· 1980-11-12· cited 6×
- United States v. Austin MalloryEighth Circuit· 2024-06-12· cited 2×
- State of Iowa v. Miguel Angel Lorenzo BaltazarSupreme Court of Iowa· 2019-11-22
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. HaffaSupreme Court of Iowa· 1955-06-07· cited 51×
- State v. BellSupreme Court of Iowa· 1974-11-13· cited 32×
- State v. VickSupreme Court of Iowa· 1973-03-28· cited 32×
- State v. HansenSupreme Court of Iowa· 1975-01-22· cited 31×
- State v. BadgettSupreme Court of Iowa· 1969-05-06· cited 25×
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Iowa· 1974-10-16· cited 13×
- State v. ValdeSupreme Court of Iowa· 1975-01-22· cited 12×
- State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Iowa· 1974-11-13· cited 11×
- State v. HouseSupreme Court of Iowa· 1974-11-13· cited 6×
- State v. FieldsSupreme Court of Iowa· 1972-06-29· cited 5×
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