In Re Leon G.

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting volitional control requirement, noting “significant problems” in translating medical and psychiatric diagnoses to legal requirements
• rejecting argument that substantive due process mandates separate volitional impairment requirement and holding that SVPA sufficiently narrows class of persons eligible for commitment by linking finding of dangerousness to mental abnormality in conformance with Hendricks

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Superior Court (Ghilotti)
  California Supreme Court· 2002-04-25· cited 215×
• In re the Detention of Thorell
  Washington Supreme Court· 2003-07-10· cited 203×
• In Re the Commitment of W.Z.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2002-07-11· cited 155×
• Westerheide v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-10-17· cited 152×
• Beasley v. Molett
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2002-12-19· cited 92×
• In Re Detention of Thorell
  Washington Supreme Court· 2003-07-10· cited 45×
• In Re Leon G.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2002-12-16· cited 43×
• April Abigail Guerra v. State of Arizona
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2015-05-08· cited 42×
• Pullen v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-09-13· cited 35×
• Hale v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-12-23· cited 24×
• In Re the Care & Treatment of Cokes
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2003-03-18· cited 16×
• Estate of Desela v. Prescott Unified School District No. 1
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2011-01-18· cited 14×
• In Re the Detention of Wilber W.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2002-09-11· cited 7×
• State of Arizona v. Hon. Ehrlich/eric Walker
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2002-12-16· cited 5×
• State v. Jackson
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2014-02-21· cited 3×
• In Re the Detention of Springett
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2001-08-15· cited 1×
• Estate of Maddison Desela v. Prescott Unified
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2011-01-18
• William J. Beasley v. Maria Molett
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2002-12-19
• In Detention of Stephen H.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2003-10-14
• Aranzi Rae Jon Willis v. Hon. bernini/state
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2022-08-18

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anders v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-05-08· cited 87,848×
• Addington v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-30· cited 3,004×
• Kansas v. Hendricks
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-23· cited 2,057×
• State v. Leon
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1969-03-14· cited 1,311×
• Jones v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-29· cited 741×
• Allen v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-01· cited 533×
• Seling v. Young
  Supreme Court· 2001-01-17· cited 287×
• Martin v. Reinstein
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1999-05-13· cited 153×
• Arnold v. Arizona Department of Health Services
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1989-03-13· cited 101×
• In Re Linehan
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1999-05-27· cited 90×
• State v. Youngblood
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1993-01-07· cited 70×
• Dietz v. General Electric Co.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1991-11-21· cited 67×
• Matter of Foster
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1988-06-15· cited 61×
• In Re the Care & Treatment of Crane
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2000-07-14· cited 56×
• Westerheide v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-09-29· cited 54×
• Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 2 v. Phoenix Employee Relations Board
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1982-01-07· cited 46×
• Denise H. v. Arizona Department of Economic Security
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1998-12-15· cited 35×
• Schwab v. Matley
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1990-04-05· cited 32×
• Matter of Cause No. Mh-90-00566
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1992-09-03· cited 29×
• In re the Commitment of W.Z.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2001-04-23· cited 19×