People v. Walker

How courts have described this case

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

• holding son hostage is not reasonable exercise of parental authority
• affirming a parent’s conviction because the restraint of the child was unreasonable and without lawful parental authority
• holding son hostage is not reasonable exercise of parental authority
• “In matters of discipline *** a standard of reasonableness has been applied to determine whether a parent’s conduct towards his child was legally justified and authorized by law”
• \In matters of discipline * * * a standard of reasonableness has been applied to determine whether a parent's conduct towards his child was legally justified and authorized by law\
• \In matters of discipline *** a standard of reasonableness has been applied to determine whether a parent's conduct towards his child was legally justified and authorized by law\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Siemer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1990-04-18· cited 46×
• People v. Roberts
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-07-30· cited 18×
• People v. Mulvey
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-07-19· cited 14×
• People v. Checketts
  California Court of Appeal· 1999-03-30· cited 12×
• State v. Washington
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-01-10· cited 7×
• Dick v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2005-11-17· cited 6×
• State of Tennessee v. Herbert B. Ward
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2014-01-17

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Ball
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1974-09-17· cited 29×
• Fletcher v. People
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1869-09-15· cited 16×
• People v. Warner
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-07-17· cited 11×
• People v. Virgin
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-06-22· cited 8×
• State v. Lawrence
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1983-04-11· cited 6×