Santillanes v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the child abuse statute requires a showing of criminal negligence
• stating that when a crime is punishable as a felony, a higher mens rea requirement is appropriate
• stating that strict liability regulatory measures are generally aimed at achieving a societal good, rather than punishing conduct manifesting moral culpability
• noting that the Court did not have to consider whether child abuse was a strict liability crime because statute contained mens rea elements
• presuming that the word “negligence” in a criminal statute means criminal as opposed to civil negligence, absent a contrary indication from the Legislature
• stating that a new interpretation 3 of law would apply to cases pending on appeal in which the relevant issue had been 4 raised

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