Commonwealth v. Roderiques

A Bristol County grand jury returned two indictments charging the defendant, Elizabeth Roderiques, with offenses that resulted in severe injuries to her infant child. The first indictment charged her with committing an assault and battery upon a child under fourteen years of age causing substantial *516bodily injury. See G. L. c. 265, § 13J(¿>), second par. The second charged her with wantonly and recklessly permitting an assault and battery upon a child that caused the child substantial bodily injury. See G. L. c. 265, § 13J(¿>), fourth par.1 At the defendant’s request and with the…