State v. Singleton

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that lawful force “is that which is reasonable and moderate as objectively determined by a jury”
• considering also “the kind of marks or wounds inflicted on the child’s body [and] the nature of the instrument used for punishment”
• The prevalent approach is to determine whether the parental conduct itself, viewed objectively, would be considered excessive, immoderate, or unreasonable.
• “A parent has a right to use reasonable and timely punishment to discipline a minor child within the bounds of moderation and for the best interest[s] of the child.”
• “A parent has a right to use reasonable and timely' punishment to discipline a minor child within the bounds of moderation and for the best interest of the child.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Kinchen
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1998-09-14· cited 27×
• In re the Dependency of H.S.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2015-04-30· cited 22×
• State v. Lefevre
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2005-06-27· cited 17×
• Lovan C. v. Department of Children & Families
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2004-12-07· cited 14×
• State v. Schlichtmann
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-09-16· cited 14×
• Crystal Ugolini v. Frank Ugolini
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2019-12-17· cited 8×
• Hamilton Ex Rel. Lethem v. Lethem
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2012-02-07· cited 5×
• James Eberhardt v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-12-14

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bowers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-07-13· cited 103×
• State v. Hunt
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1965-10-05· cited 47×
• Carpenter v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-10-13· cited 44×
• State v. Thorpe
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1981-05-08· cited 32×
• Harbaugh v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1969-04-28· cited 30×
• Anderson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1985-02-06· cited 23×
• State v. Waller
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1975-08-11· cited 5×