Court: | Supreme Court of Wisconsin |
Facts: | Father shakes baby. |
Posture: | Appeals conviction for first-degree reckless injury |
Issue: | Does evidence establish "utter" disregard for human life? |
Holding: | Yes. Affirmed. |
Rule: | The standard for disregard is an objective one: calling 911 after does not undo it. |
Reasoning: | We don't need to prove that the mind is truly depraved; just that the state of mind is something that would generally be considered depraved. |
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