Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legal case
|
| gptkbp:appeal |
defendant's appeal
|
| gptkbp:caseTypes |
criminal appeal
A-1-90 |
| gptkbp:citedBy |
No. A-1-90
|
| gptkbp:commanded |
prison time
|
| gptkbp:court |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_New_Jersey
gptkb:Robert_Evans gptkb:State_of_New_Jersey defense attorney majority opinion court's interpretation of law self-defense not justified self-defense valid |
| gptkbp:date |
June 1990
|
| gptkbp:decidedBy |
1990
|
| gptkbp:doctrine |
imperfect self-defense
|
| gptkbp:historicalEvent |
appealed from lower court
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
State v. Evans
|
| gptkbp:impact |
criminal law interpretation
|
| gptkbp:judges |
eyewitnesses
guilty affirmed Supreme_Court_review dissent_by_Justice |
| gptkbp:jurisdiction |
gptkb:New_Jersey
|
| gptkbp:legal_principle |
self-defense
reasonable belief |
| gptkbp:legal_representation |
public defender
court's reasoning |
| gptkbp:legalStatus |
reasonable person standard
self-defense justification New_Jersey_criminal_law self-defense_laws_in_NJ |
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
criminal defense strategy
analyzed by legal scholars self-defense case law impact on future self-defense cases important for legal community New_Jersey_case_law State_v._Evans,_1990 |
| gptkbp:outcome |
conviction upheld
upheld conviction affirmed by court |
| gptkbp:precedent |
gptkb:State_v._McCoy
influenced future cases self-defense laws |
| gptkbp:research |
testimony
|
| gptkbp:soundtrack |
April 1990
|
| gptkbp:tactics |
lack of evidence
imminent threat |