State v. Moran’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently August 2014
11 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · 385 So. 2d 248 - State v. Byrd · 389 So. 2d 68 - State v. Guillot · State v. Galjour · 374 So. 2d 1252 - State v. Austin
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Even if the civil law were applicable, the imputation is arguably incorrect. C.C. art. 2166 requires imputation of the debt which the debtor at the time of payment had most interest in discharging. Since a parent is subject to criminal sanctions for current failure to support his child, it must be presumed that defendant had most interest in discharging his current support obligation in order to. avoid criminal penalties.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“We note first that the amount of support required by R.S. 14:74 is not necessarily coextensive with the amount of support which may be (or may have been) fixed under different standards applicable to |7the determination of a civil obligation for child support. Thus, while evidence of a parent’s partial or total failure to discharge his civil obligation is admissible, that evidence is not alone determinative of his guilt of criminal neglect of family. See State v. Guil-lot, 389 So.2d 68 (La.1980). But whatever defendant’s civil obligation is in this case under C.C. art. 227 or under the civil judgment ordering payment of $200 per month, the determination of defendant’s criminal liability depends upon proof of the elements of the crime listed in the criminal statutes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Criminal neglect of family is the desertion or intentional non support: [[Image here]] (3) by either parent of his minor child who is in destitute or necessitous circumstances, there being a duty established by this Section for either parent to support his child. The parents shall have this duty without regard to the reasons and irrespective of the causes of his living separate from the other parent. The duty established by this Section shall apply retrospectively to all children born prior to the effective date of this Section.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.