State v. Downey

How courts have described this case

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

• “The purpose of [§ 35-46-1-4(a)(1)] … is to authorize the intervention of the police power to prevent harmful consequences and injury to dependents.”
• use of phrase “may endanger” in neglect of dependent statute “ha[d] a broadness and vagueness which would prevent it from meeting constitutional muster”
• court may give narrowing construction where it is “consistent with legislative intent” and where language “does not indicate a critical legislative choice or represent the resolution of important issues within the social problem involved”
• court may cure unconstitutional vagueness by giving statute “a narrowing construction to save it from nullification, where such construction does not establish a new or different policy basis and is consistent with legislative intent”
• “The authority to define crime and establish penalties belongs to the legislature. A court cannot amend a statute . . . within its judicial authority to confine legislative products to constitutional limits.”
• “The authority to define crimes and establish penalties belongs to the legislature.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Michael J. Lock v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2012-07-26· cited 85×
• Brown v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-06-22· cited 83×
• Helton v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1993-12-01· cited 54×
• Billy Brantley v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2018-02-16· cited 49×
• State v. Lombardo
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-11-03· cited 46×
• Mallory v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1990-12-10· cited 43×
• Rodregus Morgan v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2014-12-18· cited 39×
• White v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1989-12-15· cited 31×
• Boyd v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-06-27· cited 27×
• Steelman v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1992-10-28· cited 26×
• In re P.M.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-03-29· cited 26×
• A Woman's Choice-East Side Women's Clinic v. Newman
  S.D. Indiana· 1995-11-09· cited 24×
• Tooley v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-08-21· cited 23×
• Gross v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2004-11-12· cited 21×
• Christopher Smith v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2014-03-27· cited 19×
• Alice Lee v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-08-31· cited 18×
• Scruggs v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-03-26· cited 16×
• T.G. v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2014-01-31· cited 16×
• Price v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-08-21· cited 12×
• Ricketts v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1992-08-31· cited 12×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Connally v. General Construction Co.
  Supreme Court· 1926-01-04· cited 3,272×
• Sidle v. Majors
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1976-02-16· cited 126×
• Hunter v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1977-03-03· cited 54×
• Ott v. Johnson
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1974-12-09· cited 39×
• State v. Kuebel
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1961-01-31· cited 31×
• Platt v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1976-02-06· cited 13×
• Porter v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1982-10-05· cited 13×