State v. Cooper

f 1 In addition to various counts involving manufacture, possession, and delivery, a jury found Richard Cooper guilty of endangering his girl friend’s children by operating a methamphetamine manufacturing operation in the children’s residence. RCW 9A.42.100, the child endangerment statute, makes it a crime for a person to knowingly or intentionally expose a dependent child to methamphetamine. Cooper argues that the term “person” in RCW 9A.42.100 encompasses only a child’s parent, custodian, or caregiver, not him. We disagree. We affirm the Court of Appeals and hold that by its plain language,…