Levi v. State

602 P.2d 189 (1979)

John Neil LEVI, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

No. 11384.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 9, 1979.

Jeffrey D. Sobel, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Robert J. Miller, Dist. Atty., H. Douglas Clark, and James N. Tufteland, Deputy Dist. Attys., Las Vegas, for respondent.

OPINION

THOMPSON, Justice:

A jury convicted Levi of child abuse resulting in substantial bodily harm.[1] The legislature has defined substantial bodily harm for the purposes of criminal penalty as meaning (1) bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death, or which causes serious, permanent…