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WPIC 38.21 Child—Definition

11 WAPRAC WPIC 38.21Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal

11 Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 38.21 (5th Ed)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
January 2024 Update
Washington State Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions
Part VI. Crimes Against Personal Security
WPIC CHAPTER 38. Criminal Mistreatment
WPIC 38.21 Child—Definition
Child means a person under eighteen years of age.
NOTE ON USE
Use this instruction for criminal mistreatment or abandonment cases involving a child.
COMMENT
RCW 9A.42.010(3).
In State v. Dunn, 82 Wn.App. 122, 916 P.2d 952 (1996), the Court of Appeals held that a fetus is not a child under the criminal mistreatment statute. See also State v. Besabe, 166 Wn.App. 872, 271 P.3d 387 (2012).
[Current as of January 2019.]
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