Supreme Court of California

Purposeful placement of child in a hazardous situation while possessing a subjective awareness of risk is not the mens rea required for the offense of felony child endangerment involving indirect infliction of harm; rather, conviction can be supported by a showing of criminal negligence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/28/2002
• Published 03/28/2002

Judges

•  BROWN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Scott Concklin, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Redding, for Defendant and Appellant Eva Valdez., Steven Shorr, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Castro Valley, for Defendant and Appellant Hiram David Lebron., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner and Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Jo Graves and Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorneys General, Carlos A. Martinez, Robert M. Morgester, Harry Joseph Colombo and Janis Shank McLean, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.