Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
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cited by 1 later decisions
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states following
January 2010
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dura Corp. v. Harned · Joseph v. State · Michael v. State · P.G. v. State, Department of Health & Human Services, Division of Family & Youth Services · Michael v. State
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“The defendant in this case, Frank R. Johnson, was the father of an infant girl, Christina Takak. Christina died after prolonged abuse by her mother, Heather Ta-kak (Johnson's long-time partner). According to the testimony presented at the trial in this case, Takak starved Christina to the point where the infant had essentially no fat left in her body, and her muscles had atrophied. One witness testified that Christina looked like a famine victim at the time of her death. The jury found, however, that the immediate cause of Christina's death was Takak's act of intentionally dropping Christina on the floor head-first, causing trauma to her skull and brain. This physical assault (which preceded Christina's death by one to three days) caused Christina's brain to hemorrhage and swell inside her skull, leading to her death.[ 1 ]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. State“{The same basic principle applies to criminal prosecutions based on a breach of the duty of care: the harm to the victim will be deemed "foreseeable" if the victim suffers the general type of harm that the defendant could foresee, even though the defendant might not have been able to foresee the precise nature or details of the harm, or the precise manner in which the harm was inflicted.[ 8 ]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. State“cause of the harm. But if, on the other hand, the danger was foreseeable to the defendant, this would establish a breach of duty and, at the same time, it would preclude a finding of”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. State
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