State v. Romano

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the defendant was entitled to a judgment of acquittal based on the defense of necessity where he had been attacked and beaten by several men, was bleeding, and was forced to drive away to avoid further injury at the hands of his assailants
• examining necessity's applicability to defendant's DWI charge received after attempting to escape attackers
• applied where defendant was being severely beaten by several assailants

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. B.H.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2005-04-13· cited 32×
• Unempoyment Compensation Board of Review v. Glenn
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-02-06· cited 22×
• Unemployment Compensation Board of Review v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-12-18· cited 12×
• Unemployment Compensation Board of Review v. Williams
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-02-03· cited 5×
• Brooks v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-09-18· cited 2×
• State v. BH
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2005-04-13
• STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. MICHELLE PADEN- BATTLE (15-03-0584, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2020-06-16
• State v. Joan L. Stetzer
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 2025-07-03