Idaho Supreme Court· 11/27/1990
State v. Hastings
Citations
- 801 P.2d 563
- 118 Idaho 854
- 1 A.L.R. 5th 1207
- 1990 Ida. LEXIS 190
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding defendant who was charged with possession of marijuana was entitled to present evidence relating to the common-law defense of necessity in connection with her claim that she suffered from rheumatoid arthritis and used marijuana to control pain and muscle spasms
- Defendant should have been allowed to present a common law necessity defense to felony possession of marijuana.
- “Necessity as a defense has a long history,” appearing in early English cases
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: McDevitt, Bakes, Bistline, Johnson, Boyle
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21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. KornIdaho Supreme Court· 2009-12-24· cited 219×
- Ross v. RagingWire Telecommunications, Inc.California Supreme Court· 2008-01-24· cited 89×
- State v. PollanderSupreme Court of Vermont· 1997-12-05· cited 42×
- State v. KopsaIdaho Court of Appeals· 1994-12-20· cited 38×
- People v. KratovilAppellate Court of Illinois· 2004-08-25· cited 26×
- United States v. Cannabis Cultivators ClubN.D. California· 1998-05-13· cited 25×
- State v. HowleyIdaho Supreme Court· 1996-06-21· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. HutchinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-24· cited 18×
- State v. PolingWest Virginia Supreme Court· 2000-05-08· cited 15×
- State v. ChisholmIdaho Court of Appeals· 1994-08-26· cited 9×
- State v. BonjourSupreme Court of Iowa· 2005-02-11· cited 7×
- State v. Douglas Earl MeyerIdaho Supreme Court· 2017-02-03· cited 7×
- State v. CurtissIdaho Court of Appeals· 2002-11-07· cited 6×
- State v. BeaversIdaho Court of Appeals· 2010-12-08· cited 5×
- State v. TadlockIdaho Court of Appeals· 2001-08-27· cited 3×
- State v. Troy Cameron YoungIdaho Court of Appeals· 2014-09-24· cited 2×
- State v. FrankIdaho Court of Appeals· 2020-09-28· cited 2×
- Tugmon v. StateIdaho Court of Appeals· 1995-04-25· cited 2×
- Kauffman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-11-25· cited 1×
- Jefferson v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2005-09-16
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