Scruggs v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing neglect conviction of mother who left “responsible” seven- year-old child home alone for three hours and child was later found to be with child’s uncle
• insufficient evidence of Scruggs’ mental state to support a conviction of neglect of a dependent; Scruggs left her seven-year-old child alone at home for three hours

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Billy J. Burden v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-01-25· cited 5×
• Tharp v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2010-02-18· cited 1×
• Carolyn Boss v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-03-30
• Tamika Williams v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-02-13
• Starlon Lewis v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-05-27
• Robert Ramon White v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-06-09
• Lisa Orwig v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-12-30
• Brandee Johnson v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2019-07-11
• Chanda Harris v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2020-08-12
• Lavontae Lee v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2020-10-22
• Dulce Zaragoza v. Merrick B. Garland
  Seventh Circuit· 2022-11-08
• Matthew Joseph Dirig v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2025-09-17

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Martin v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-20· cited 540×
• State v. Downey
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1985-04-11· cited 82×
• B.K.C. v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-01-09· cited 60×
• Gross v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2004-11-12· cited 21×
• McMichael v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1984-12-06· cited 17×
• Lawson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2004-02-11· cited 14×
• Bunting v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2000-06-29· cited 13×
• Thames v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1995-07-24· cited 7×
• Moore v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2006-04-12· cited 6×
• Hall v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2005-11-14· cited 5×
• Hall v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2005-07-28· cited 4×