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Criminal Law Keyed to Capers
Jones v. United States
Citation:
308 F.2d 307 (1962)
ProfessorScott Caron
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Facts
In late 1957, Shirley Green became pregnant, out of wedlock, with a child, Robert Lee, subsequently born August 17, 1958. Apparently to avoid the embarrassment of the presence of the child in the Green home, it was arranged that appellant, a family friend, would take the child to her home after birth. Appellant did so. Early in 1959 Shirley Green again became pregnant, this time with the child Anthony Lee, whose death is the basis of appellant’s conviction. This child was born October 21, 1959. After finding that Shirley’s children were being negligently cared, the officers removed the children to the D. C. General Hospital where Anthony Lee was diagnosed as suffering from severe malnutrition and lesions over large portions of his body, apparently caused by severe diaper rash.
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