Mary L. Jones v. United States

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• Jones was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for failure to perform her legal duty of care of an infant
• Jones was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for failure to perform her legal duty of care of an infant
• court held presumption of error overcome by clear indication of lack of prejudice
• court held presumption of error overcome by clear indication of lack of prejudice
• “where one has voluntarily assumed the care of another and so secluded the helpless person as to prevent others from rendering aid” [emphasis added]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).