Carmons v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 21 state decisions

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1. “As to Count TV, if you find and believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt: First, that on or about January 13, 1999, in the County of Franklin, State of Missouri, the defendant had a child in a home in which methamphetamine was attempted to he manufactured, and Second, that in so doing, the defendant created a substantial risk to the life or body or health of Kevin Robert Beck, and Third, that Kevin Robert Beck was then less than seventeen years old, and Fourth, that defendant acted knowingly with respect to the facts and circumstances submitted in this instruction, Then you will find the defendant guilty under Count IV of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree.”

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

2. “Section 562.016.3 sets out that [a] person ‘acts knowingly’, or with knowledge, (1) With respect to his conduct or to attendant circumstances when he is aware of the nature of his conduct or that those circumstances exist; or (2) With respect to a result of his conduct when he is aware that his conduct is practically certain to cause that result. Here, Movant informed the plea, court”

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