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Would leaving Cocaine and/or Marihuana in a place readily accessible to young children be an act or omission for purposes of 22.041?
 
Posts: 956 | Location: Cherokee County, Rusk, Tx | Registered: July 11, 2001Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Driver v. State, 358 S.W.3d 270 (Tex. App.--Houston [1st Dist.] 2011, pet. ref'd.) held that the act of possession of cocaine was an act clearly dangerous to human life because a child could get to it.

Williams v. State, 235 S.W.3d 742 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007) talked about leaving kids under someone's supervision with a lit candle as an "act" though the Court decided the issue in that case based upon the culpable mental state.
 
Posts: 1243 | Location: houston, texas, u.s.a. | Registered: October 19, 2001Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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