happygirl27
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Situation: a mother left her infant in a car for 15 min because he fell asleep right when she parked at the store's parking lot. She didn't want to wake him up and went quickly to the store to buy a pack of diapers. She was paged by her first and last name to come to the customer service. There was an officer and two more outside by her car, writing a report from some very curious people. After she gave all her info to the officers, they checked her background and all records and issued her Oregon Uniform Criminal Citation saying that she needs to appear in Circuit Court for Child Neglect second degree with check mark Criminal negligence.
Question 1: What would be the fair punishment for her if the child was OK and was still sleeping peacefully and nothing at all happened. Just an endangering the welfare of a child situation, but not intentional. It is her first defense and she has no record on file other than minor traffic violation 6 years ago. It is a Class A Misdemeanor.
Question 2: Should an attorney be hired for this?
Question 1: What would be the fair punishment for her if the child was OK and was still sleeping peacefully and nothing at all happened. Just an endangering the welfare of a child situation, but not intentional. It is her first defense and she has no record on file other than minor traffic violation 6 years ago. It is a Class A Misdemeanor.
Question 2: Should an attorney be hired for this?