Legal Opinion
State v. Mills
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided June 15, 1981No. DA 161625-7812, CA 19395PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
Defendant was charged with three counts of child neglect. ORS 163.545. The trial court granted her demurrer and dismissed the case on the ground that the child neglect statute is unconstitutionally vague. The state appeals. We reverse and remand for trial.
ORS 163.545 reads as follows:
"(1) A person having custody or control of a child under ten years of age commits the crime of child neglect, if, with criminal negligence, he leaves the child unattended in or at any place for such period of time as may be likely to endanger the health or welfare of such child.”
Defendant’s demurrer specifically…
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- Winters v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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