State v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• common law necessity defense acknowledged but found not to apply to snowmobiler operating on roadway
• necessity may be a general defense to criminal liability although not specifically provided for in statute
• “[NJecessity or compulsion which will excuse a criminal act must be clear and conclusive and must arise ivithout negligence or fault on the part of the defendant.” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Patrick
  California Court of Appeal· 1981-12-18· cited 53×
• People v. Pena
  Appellate Division of the Superior Court of California· 1983-09-16· cited 35×
• Axelberg v. Commissioner of Public Safety
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2014-05-21· cited 35×
• State v. Brown
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1982-04-27· cited 31×
• United States v. Francis X. Kroncke and Michael D. Therriault
  Eighth Circuit· 1972-05-03· cited 28×
• State v. Walton
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1981-10-21· cited 27×
• State v. Hanson
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1991-04-09· cited 18×
• In Re Weller
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-01-25· cited 11×
• Weierke v. Commissioner of Public Safety
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1998-06-02· cited 9×
• State v. Rome
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1988-07-13· cited 9×
• State v. Celli
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1978-03-02· cited 7×
• Axelberg v. Commissioner of Public Safety
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2013-06-10· cited 7×
• City of Des Moines v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1974-01-16· cited 6×
• State v. Watson
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2013-04-15· cited 6×
• State v. Rome
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1990-03-14· cited 4×
• Eilers v. Coy
  D. Minnesota· 1984-03-06· cited 4×
• Boser v. Hanson
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2003-06-17· cited 3×
• State v. McCuiston
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1994-04-12· cited 3×
• State v. Wise
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1979-11-19

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1909-05-25· cited 26×
• The New-York
  Supreme Court· 1818-02-05· cited 23×
• State v. O'HERON
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1957-06-14· cited 6×
• City of St. Paul v. Lofthouse
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1966-11-25· cited 1×