Ronk v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently August 2008
2 federal appellate · 20 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 American Plant Food Corporation v. State · Standley v. State · Shane v. State
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"did then and there intentionally and knowingly engage in conduct that caused serious bodily injury and serious physical deficiency and impairment to Michael Franks, a child younger than fifteen (15) years of age, by then and there striking the said Michael Franks by means which are to the Grand Jurors unknown, and by then and there burning the said Michael Franks by means which are to the Grand Jurors unknown, and by then and there denying the said Michael Franks of food and nourishment and adequate medical attention."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) A person commits an offense only if he voluntarily engages in conduct, including an act, an omission or possession. * * # * * * (c) A person who omits to perform an act does not commit an offense unless a statute provides that the omission is an offense or otherwise provides that he has a duty to perform the act.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““(3) the duty to support the child, including providing the child with clothing, food, shelter, medical care, and education.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ahearn v. State
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.