State Courts

Common Law: Domestic violence or just a ?stupid? act?

By Ron Sylvester

Jeremy Thompson and his wife got in an argument. She was driving. He grabbed the steering wheel. A police officer saw the car swerve off the road and stopped it, finding the couple’s child in the back seat. Thompson was charged and convicted of felony endangering a child. The 28-year-old came to his sentencing with no other criminal history. Prosecutor Marc Bennett wondered if Thompson needed anger management.

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Full post as published by What the Judge Ate for Breakfast on November 12, 2009 (boomark / email).