· 11/18/1977
Reyes v. Superior Court
Citations
- 75 Cal. App. 3d 214
- 141 Cal. Rptr. 912
- 1977 Cal. App. LEXIS 2005
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding a mother not criminally liable for child endangerment for ingesting heroin while pregnant
- holding a mother not criminally liable for child endangerment for ingesting heroin while pregnant
- holding a mother not criminally liable for child endangerment for ingesting heroin while pregnant
- statute proscribing adult delivery of controlled substance to minor did not apply to in útero transmission
- despite consideration of fetuses as “persons” in other areas of the law, the court held that the child endangerment law clearly did not equate unborn infants as children
- child endangerment statute not applicable to ingestion of heroin during pregnancy
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Judges: Kaufman
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