State v. Griffith

How courts have described this case

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

• “A self-defense instruction, or a justifiable homicide instruction, is appropriate only where the slayer has used such force as is reasonably necessary under the circumstances.” (emphasis added)
• premeditation where defendant had brief “discussion” with victim, produced a gun and fired a shot
• If any one of the elements of self-defense is not supported by the evidence, the self-defense theory is not available to a defendant, and the defendant cannot present the theory to a jury
• defendant entitled to instruction if supported by substantial evidence in the record
• filed 6 months before Sandstrom was decided

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

31 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Fernandez-Medina
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-08-24· cited 306×
• State v. O'Dell
  Washington Supreme Court· 2015-08-13· cited 264×
• State v. Brightman
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-10-06· cited 233×
• Gardner v. Loomis Armored, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-04-04· cited 223×
• State v. Walker
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-11-12· cited 211×
• State v. Walden
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-03-13· cited 172×
• State v. Sargent
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1985-04-22· cited 123×
• State v. Bingham
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-05-15· cited 82×
• State v. Ollens
  Washington Supreme Court· 1987-03-12· cited 54×
• State v. Brenner
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1989-01-30· cited 48×
• State v. Ellison
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1984-01-25· cited 36×
• State v. Bennett
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1983-12-05· cited 31×
• State v. Russell
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1983-01-10· cited 28×
• State v. Newcomer
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1987-06-04· cited 27×
• State v. Negrin
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1984-05-09· cited 26×
• State v. Harmon
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1988-03-08· cited 25×
• State v. Washington
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1983-04-11· cited 22×
• State v. Walker
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1985-05-15· cited 22×
• In Re the Personal Restraint of Griffith
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-06-28· cited 18×
• State v. Chase
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-08-28· cited 15×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. White
  Washington Supreme Court· 1962-09-25· cited 141×
• Langan v. Valicopters, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-08-04· cited 58×
• State v. Churchill
  Washington Supreme Court· 1909-03-19· cited 38×
• State v. Nyland
  Washington Supreme Court· 1955-09-01· cited 32×
• Board of Regents v. Frederick & Nelson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-05-18· cited 25×