Can a defendant be convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor without proof of criminal intent?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Farley, 109 Cal.Rptr. 59, 33 Cal.App.3d Supp. 1 (Cal. Super. 1973):

People v. Stuart, 47 Cal.2d 167, 302 P.2d 5: One of the leading California cases which laid down the rule that there can be no conviction of manslaughter without criminal intent went on to say that [33 Cal.App.3d Supp. 8] there could be a conviction of the lesser offense in that case (Pen.Code 380, misfilling a prescription) upon proof that the misfilling was Negligent but not otherwise.

People v. Reznick, 75 Cal.App.2d 832, 171 P.2d 952: One of the cases that sustains a conviction of contributing to the delinquency of a minor without proof of criminal intent does point out specifically the obvious negligence of the hotel clerk in permitting a 14-year-old girl to register with two Marines.

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