State v. Watkins

How courts have described this case

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

• holding evidence sufficient when state proved the nonaccidental injuries were inflicted while the child-victim was in the exclusive care of the defendant
• holding evidence sufficient when state proved the nonaccidental injuries were inflicted while the child–victim was in the exclusive care of the defendant
• holding, in a child- endangerment case, that evidence was sufficient to establish the defendant caused an injury when State proved the nonaccidental injuries were inflicted while the child/victim was in the exclusive care of the defendant
• affirming a conviction after a bench trial where the diminished responsibility defense lacked even “theoretical application” to the “knowingly” element of the crime
• noting proximity to victim supported knowing permission of continuing physical abuse

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State of Iowa v. Christopher Craig Thompson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2013-08-23· cited 173×
• State of Iowa v. Zyriah Henry Floyd Schlitter
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2016-06-10· cited 146×
• State of Iowa v. Jonas Dorian Neiderbach
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2013-08-23· cited 135×
• State v. Millsap
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2005-09-02· cited 96×
• State v. Hutchison
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2006-09-22· cited 29×
• E. SIFRIT v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-08-27· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Keo
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-01-21· cited 15×
• State of Iowa v. Holly Ann Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2014-10-15
• State of Iowa v. Amy Jo Parmer
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2015-05-20
• State of Iowa v. Steven Lenard Viers Jr
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2016-11-09
• Amended September 1, 2016 State of Iowa v. Zyriah Henry Floyd Schlitter
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2016-06-10
• State Of Iowa Vs. Charlotte Hutchison, Frank Cordaro, Josh Plank, Rita Hohenshell, And Edward Bloomer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2006-09-22
• Anita Babe v. Iowa Board of Educational Examiners
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2018-02-21
• Dianna Helmers v. City of Des Moines
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2018-04-04
• State of Iowa v. Dale Robert Tournier
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2018-12-19
• Dustin Lee Truax v. State of Iowa
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2019-09-25
• State of Iowa v. Chad Little
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2021-04-14
• State of Iowa v. Robert Paul Krogmann
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2023-12-01
• State of Iowa v. Sharon Kay Collins
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2024-05-08
• Jessica Anne Dayton v. State of Iowa
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2025-05-07

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jon Keith Smith v. Michael Groose Missouri Attorney General
  Eighth Circuit· 2000-03-07· cited 167×
• State v. Marti
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1980-03-19· cited 134×
• State v. Conner
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-04-14· cited 123×
• Thompson v. Calderon
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-08-03· cited 114×
• State v. Crowdell
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1990-02-16· cited 109×
• State v. Anspach
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2001-05-31· cited 53×
• State v. Gartin
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1978-11-22· cited 49×
• State v. Todd
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-04-17· cited 43×
• State v. Aldrich
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1975-07-31· cited 40×
• State v. Duncan
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1987-10-21· cited 28×
• State v. Yeo
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2003-04-02· cited 28×
• State v. McVey
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-11-13· cited 23×
• State v. Bowers
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2002-12-18· cited 18×
• State v. Hickman
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1998-03-25· cited 13×