Ceaser v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “By arguing that she exercised her parental privilege in disciplining M.R., Ceaser SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA (0) 1947A 11 necessarily represents that her intent was to correct M.R.'s behavior through corporal punishment, rather than to simply batter her daughter,”

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

2. “[a] parent's other disciplinary acts can be the most probative evidence of whether his or her disciplinary corporal punishment is imposed maliciously, with an intent to injure, or with a sincere desire to use appropriate corrective measures.”

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

3. “[O]ften the only way to determine whether the punishment is a non-criminal act of discipline that was unintentionally harsh or whether it constitutes the [crime] of child abuse is to look at the parent's history of disciplining the child.”

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