Lowry v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
October 2004
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Patterson v. New York · Boyd v. United States
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) An individual commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly fails to provide support that he can provide and that he was" legally obligated to provide for his children younger than 18 years, or for his spouse who is in needy circumstances. (f) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the actor could not provide the support that he was legally obligated to provide.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lowry v. State““If the issue of the existence of an affirmative defense is submitted to the jury, the court shall charge that the defendant must prove the affirmative defense by a preponderance of the evidence.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lowry 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.