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· 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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