Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 12/6/1978
State v. Dorsey
Citations
- 118 N.H. 844
- 395 A.2d 855
- 1978 N.H. LEXIS 303
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- concluding that the common law necessity defense did not deal with debatable harms
- noting that “by allowing the defendant this backdoor use of the competing harms statute, the court gave him the benefit of a defense to which he was not entitled”
- defendant has no constitutional or statutory right to have necessity defense considered by jury
- defendant has no constitutional or statutory right to have necessity defense considered by jury
- the common law defense did not deal with nonimminent or debatable harms
- the common law defense did not deal with nonimminent or debatable harms
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Judges: Grimes, Bois
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36 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. CapitoloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-09-24· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. HoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-07-05· cited 78×
- State v. WentworthSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1978-12-06· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. SchuchardtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-08-15· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. BrugmannMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-04-01· cited 47×
- Brady v. SamahaFirst Circuit· 1981-12-18· cited 47×
- State v. WarshowSupreme Court of Vermont· 1979-12-21· cited 42×
- State v. PollanderSupreme Court of Vermont· 1997-12-05· cited 42×
- State v. OlsenCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1980-11-24· cited 41×
- Gaetano v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-08-24· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. LenoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-07-15· cited 38×
- State v. WeitzmanSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1981-03-06· cited 35×
- State v. KeeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1979-03-01· cited 27×
- State v. DupuySupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1978-12-06· cited 25×
- People v. StisoAppellate Court of Illinois· 1981-02-05· cited 24×
- People v. HubbardMichigan Court of Appeals· 1982-04-07· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. AverillMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-07-15· cited 20×
- State v. GreenwaldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1982-12-03· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. CapitoloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-01· cited 18×
- State v. KoskiSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1980-02-14· cited 17×
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