State v. DeLeon.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a person who faces other attackers presents “an exception to the 13 *** FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAI‘I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER *** general rule that a claim of self-defense fails when deadly force is used to stop a simple assault.”

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Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Kato.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2020-06-18· cited 8×
• In re: DM.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2023-03-15· cited 3×
• State v. Baek
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2018-08-15· cited 1×
• State v. Macariola
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2021-12-17
• In re: DM
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2022-01-28
• State v. Brede
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2018-11-27
• Commonwealth v. Shondell Q. Rateree
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-04-08

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Adjutant
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-03-14· cited 78×
• Keith v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-05-30· cited 52×
• State v. Baca
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1992-08-31· cited 45×
• State v. Deleon.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2014-01-15· cited 33×
• State v. Behrendt
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2010-08-19· cited 32×
• State v. Basque
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1983-07-21· cited 26×
• State v. Dunson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1988-12-21· cited 25×
• State v. Lui
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1979-11-26· cited 23×
• Loesche v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-10-31· cited 22×
• Byrd v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-10-16· cited 16×
• State v. Adam
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2002-01-28· cited 11×
• Gottschalk v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1994-10-07· cited 6×