Zaretsky v. Cassel

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that this Court may affirm the trial court on any valid basis
• noting that “[t]he test for [serious] provocation is whether a reasonable person confronted by the same series of events, would become impassioned to the extent that his mind would be incapable of cool reflection”
• no self-defense where defendant uses “more force than reasonably necessary to protect against death or serious bodily injury”
• malice may be inferred after considering totality of circumstances
• “New legal theories cannot be raised on appeal.”
• “New legal theories cannot be raised on appeal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).