Court of Appeals of Washington· 5/28/1996

State v. Dunn

Citations

916 P.2d 952
82 Wash. App. 122
1996 Wash. App. LEXIS 198

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holding that the trial court properly dismissed a charge against a mother for second degree criminal mistreatment of a viable unborn child who tested positive for cocaine
holding an unborn child is not a child for purposes of criminal prosecution of mistreatment of a child
dismissing the second degree criminal mistreatment of a child charge, holding that a fetus was not a child within the meaning of the criminal mistreatment statute
dismissing the second degree criminal mistreatment of a child charge, holding that a fetus was not a child within the meaning of the criminal mistreatment statute
dismissing charge of second-degree criminal mistreatment of a child, holding that a fetus was not a child within the meaning of criminal mistreatment statute where mother continued to ingest cocaine while pregnant
“When the Legislature intends to include the fetus in a class of criminal victims, it specifically writes that language into the statute.”

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Judges: Schultheis

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