Craig v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• parents must provide necessary medical care to child notwithstanding sincerely held religious views to the contrary
• grossly negligent act \must be the proximate cause of death\ for gross negligence involuntary manslaughter
• statutory duty imposed by former Md.Ann.Code art. 72A § 1 (now Md.Family Law Code Ann. § 5-203(b)(l)) requires parents to provide reasonable medical treatment to minor children even when such treatment is antithetical to the religious beliefs of the parents
• in case involving involuntary manslaughter, “if the basis of the charge be felonious negligence ... it must have been gross or criminal negligence ... which has been interpreted by this Court to mean []a “wanton or reckless disregard for human life’ ”
• negligence \must be the proximate cause of death\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

36 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Schowgurow v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1965-10-11· cited 239×
• Walker v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1988-11-10· cited 188×
• State v. Fabritz
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1975-12-03· cited 179×
• Montrose Christian School Corp. v. Walsh
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-04-12· cited 58×
• Garay v. Overholtzer
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-10-04· cited 57×
• State v. Pickles
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1966-03-21· cited 50×
• State v. Dale R. Neumann
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 2013-07-03· cited 49×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1994-06-03· cited 49×
• Mary L. Jones v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1962-08-09· cited 42×
• Johns Hopkins Hospital v. Pepper
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-08-22· cited 35×
• State v. Valley
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-12-29· cited 33×
• Levitsky v. Levitsky
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1963-05-07· cited 30×
• Pagotto v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1999-07-07· cited 24×
• Mills v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1971-10-20· cited 23×
• Torcaso v. Watkins, Clerk
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1960-06-30· cited 22×
• In Re Jenison Contempt Proceedings
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1963-03-08· cited 17×
• McMillan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1970-05-11· cited 16×
• Kirchner v. Caughey
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-05-13· cited 16×
• Albrecht v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1993-10-27· cited 16×
• Doe v. Catholic Relief Services
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2023-08-14· cited 16×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Connally v. General Construction Co.
  Supreme Court· 1926-01-04· cited 3,272×
• Reynolds v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1879-01-18· cited 1,827×
• Lanzetta v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 1939-03-27· cited 1,416×
• Champlin Rfg. Co. v. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1932-05-16· cited 528×
• Cline v. Frink Dairy Co.
  Supreme Court· 1927-05-31· cited 256×
• Clay v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1957-01-11· cited 77×
• Duren v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1969-10-01· cited 53×
• State v. Waller
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1913-11-08· cited 37×
• Bradley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1920-04-26· cited 36×
• Hughes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-10-22· cited 29×
• State v. Langford
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1918-12-03· cited 29×
• Mayor of Baltimore v. Fire Insurance Salvage Corps
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1959-02-16· cited 28×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1954-12-16· cited 24×
• State v. Staples
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1914-07-10· cited 19×
• Gibson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1899-04-12· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Comber
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1952-03-18· cited 8×