Legal Opinion
Faunteroy v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 3, 1980No. 12166, 12273PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge:
Appellants challenge their convictions in Superior Court for involuntary manslaughter (D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2405) of their in fant son. Together, they argue that: (1) the trial court improperly instructed on the standard of criminal conduct, particularly the degree of negligence, necessary to sustain a finding of involuntary manslaughter; (2) the trial court erroneously admitted into evidence photographs of the deceased; (3) the trial court incorrectly found a legal duty on the part of appellants as parents to provide medical care for the deceased; and (4) there was…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- United States v. BradfordDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
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- John Henry Maxwell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
- State v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1971
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