Ohio Supreme Court· 1/22/1997

State v. Thomas

Citations

1997 Ohio 269
77 Ohio St. 3d 323

Syllabus

Criminal law—Murder—No duty to retreat from one's own home before resorting to lethal force in self-defense against a cohabitant with an equal right to be in the home.

Judges: Alice Robie Resnick, J.

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Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

State v. Williford
Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-03-14· cited 541×
State v. Shane
Ohio Supreme Court· 1992-05-13· cited 535×
State v. Robbins
Ohio Supreme Court· 1979-05-02· cited 484×
State v. Thomas
Ohio Supreme Court· 1997-01-22· cited 266×
State v. Koss
Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-03-07· cited 220×
State v. Allery
Washington Supreme Court· 1984-05-17· cited 198×
State v. Leidholm
North Dakota Supreme Court· 1983-05-12· cited 84×
Commonwealth v. Stonehouse
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-03· cited 69×
Bechtel v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1992-09-02· cited 65×
State v. Burtzlaff
South Dakota Supreme Court· 1992-11-25· cited 62×
State v. Vigil
New Mexico Supreme Court· 1990-06-28· cited 45×
State v. Stewart
Supreme Court of Kansas· 1988-10-21· cited 33×
Robinson v. State
Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-04-27· cited 30×
State v. Ordway
Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1992-12-17· cited 27×
Cannon v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-01-03· cited 10×
State v. Walton
Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1992-10-29· cited 5×

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