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Leet v. State

Citations

  • 595 So. 2d 959
  • 1991 WL 272641

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  • upholding convictions for child abuse and third-degree murder on a culpable negligence theory where the defendant had failed to recognize a pattern of abuse
  • defendant who did nothing to protect child from mother's acts of abuse found culpably negligent
  • “Culpable negligence is not a common law theory of criminal intent. It is an objective standard.”
  • failure to protect child from abuse despite clear indications that child was being abused subjected defendant to criminal sanctions under section 827.04(1), Florida Statutes

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Judges: Altenbernd

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