State v. Riggs’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 23 state decisions

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1. “It is not sufficient to say, with 20/20 hindsight, that the appellant could have, or should have, done some things differently. To affirm this conviction we must view the circumstances under which the appellant acted and find she failed to perceive that her conduct presented an unjustifiable risk to her child. The failure to perceive the risk must be a gross deviation from the standard of care than an ordinary person would exercise under the circumstances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. State

2. “[O]n or about ... October 26, 2001, in the County of Buchanan, State of Missouri, [Mother] knowingly acted in a manner that created a substantial risk to the life and body and health of [Child], a child less than seventeen years of age, by placing [Child] in direct contact with [Father] who [Mother] has previously seen physically abuse [Child] and by so doing [Mother] allowed [Child] to be assaulted by [Father].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Burrell

3. “conduct included nothing intentional. She did not commit overt acts that would blatantly harm a child. Her omission to watch her children on the steps of her home for a forty-five minute period did not make it substantially certain that her two-year-old son would wander to his death. The pond was 628 feet away from her home with more than 8 homes between [defendant's] home and the pond.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. State