California Child Endangerment Defense Lawyer
San Bernardino Child Endangerment Criminal Defense Attorney
Have you or a family member been charged with child endangerment in California or California Penal Code 273a (a)? A child endangerment arrest can be charged as either a misdemeanor or a felony. This is considered a "wobbler", which means that even if you are originally charged with a misdemeanor the District Attorney may at any given time re-file the case as a felony.
Rancho Cucamonga Child Endangerment Criminal Defense Lawyer
It is important that you get the best possible legal help on your side when facing a California child endangerment charge. Our Rancho Cucamonga criminal defense lawyer always offers a FREE initial consultation. During our FREE initial phone consultation our criminal defense lawyer will provide you with possible legal defenses and a possible road map to defending your child endangerment case in the California criminal courts.
Riverside Child Endangerment Lawyer
California Penal Code 273a (a) Child Endangerment
273a. (a) Any person who, under circumstances or conditions likely
to produce great bodily harm or death, willfully causes or permits
any child to suffer, or inflicts thereon unjustifiable physical pain
or mental suffering, or having the care or custody of any child,
willfully causes or permits the person or health of that child to be
injured, or willfully causes or permits that child to be placed in a
situation where his or her person or health is endangered, shall be
punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or
in the state prison for two, four, or six years.