Commonwealth v. Michaud

How courts have described this case

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• reversing convictions of involuntary manslaughter under theory of wanton or reckless conduct and entering required findings of not guilty where twenty-four day old baby died of starvation despite uncontroverted evidence that mother was breast feeding at regular intervals
• evidence insufficient to support Commonwealth's theory of involuntary manslaughter for reckless failure to seek medical attention for a child
• evidence insufficient to support Commonwealth’s theory of involuntary manslaughter for reckless failure to seek medical attention for a child
• “Proof of recklessness requires ‘more than a mistake of judgment or even gross negligence’ ...”
• disbelief of testimony does not support a finding that the opposite is true
• disbelief of testimony does not support a finding that the opposite is true

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).