State v. Vassar

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a trial court’s decision not to give a particular jury instruction is reviewed under the unsustainable exercise of discretion standard
• “more than a minutia or scintilla of evidence”
• describing self-defense as a “justification” claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Etienne
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2011-12-21· cited 47×
• State v. Noucas
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2013-07-16· cited 33×
• State v. Furgal
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2012-12-21· cited 14×
• State v. Mayo
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2015-02-20· cited 9×
• State v. Balliro
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2008-10-30· cited 4×
• State v. Collins
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2024-05-14· cited 1×
• State of New Hampshire v. Brenna Cavanaugh
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2020-12-29
• State of New Hampshire v. Jeffrey Woodburn
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2023-03-23
• State v. Harris
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2025-07-22

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. James Allen Gregg
  Eighth Circuit· 2006-06-29· cited 82×
• State v. Taylor
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1991-09-17· cited 37×
• Government of the Virgin Islands v. Luis Carino
  Third Circuit· 1980-08-20· cited 31×
• State v. Robinson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1995-08-18· cited 21×
• State v. Dukette
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2000-08-28· cited 20×
• State v. Dowdle
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2002-09-18· cited 14×
• State v. Ke Tong Chen
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2002-11-26· cited 10×
• State v. Lavoie
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2005-08-18· cited 9×
• State v. Holt
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1985-04-18· cited 3×