State v. D.A.V.’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
July 2017
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Leonardis · State v. Leonardis · State v. Lagares · State v. Vasquez · State v. Warren
Most-quoted passages
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“The New Jersey statutes upon which endangering the welfare of a child are based are Sections 2C:24-4a, 9:6-1 and 9:6-3 of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated. Section 2C:24-4a and Section 9:6-3 criminalize the act of endangering the welfare of a child, and Section 9:6-1 provides definitions of what constitutes abuse, abandonment, cruelty and neglect of a child. At the outset I will read the statutes to you and then I will explain how you must apply the statutes to the facts of this case by identifying the specific elements that the government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt. Section 2C:24-4a reads, in pertinent part: Any person having a legal duty for the care of a child or who has assumed responsibility for the care of a child who causes the child harm that would make the child an abused or neglected child ... is guilty of a crime. Section 9:6-3 reads, in pertinent part: Any parent, guardian or person having the care, custody or control of any child who shall ... be cruel to or neglectful of such child ... shall be deemed to be guilty of a crime.... Turning to the elements, to find Carolyn Jackson and John E. Jackson guilty of endangering the welfare of a child, the government must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt: 1. That [Joshua, J, or C] was a child; 2. That the defendant knowingly caused the child harm that would make the child neglected or knowingly committed an act of cruelty against the child; 3. That the defendant knew that such conduct would”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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