State v. Givens’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 state decisions

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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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Where, as here, the alleged parent is alive, a plaintiff bears the burden of proving paternity by a preponderance of the evidence. LSA-C.C. Art. 209; State in the Interest of Lawrence v. Harrell, 582 So.2d 940 (La.App. 2d Cir.1991); State v. Stringer, 567 So.2d 758 (La.App. 2d Cir.1990). The sufficiency of proof of paternity is a question of fact which should not be disturbed on appeal in the absence of manifest error. Hines v. Williams, 567 So.2d 1139 (La.App. 2d Cir.1990), writ denied, 571 So.2d 653 (La.1990); State v. Stringer, supra . Although scientific testing alone is insufficient to prove paternity, it is persuasive and objective testimony that can help establish proof by a preponderance of the evidence. The purpose of the blood analysis is to exclude falsely accused men from paternity. If an alleged father is not excluded, the combined paternity index is calculated to show the odds that he would have passed the disclosed genetic markers to a particular child. State v. Stringer, supra .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. STATE, DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. Jones