STATE V. WILLIAMS
4 Wash.App. 908, 484 P.2d 1167 (1971)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Williams (Ds) appealed from a judgment convicting them of statutory
manslaughter after the court found that they were negligent in failing to support their
minor child with necessary medical attention.
FACTS: Walter Williams is 24, a Sheshont Indian, and has a sixth grade education. Bernice
Williams is 20, part Indian and with an eleventh grade education. When they were married,
Bernice had two children. Both of them loved the children. The younger one became ill. They
thought that the baby had a simple toothache, and gave him aspirin. The toothache became
infected and spread to his cheeks and eventually it became gangrenous. The baby could not
eat, so his resistance was lowered and he came down with pneumonia. D feared that the
welfare department would take the baby away if they took him to a hospital. As a result, the
baby did not receive the proper medical attention and died. The infection had lasted about
two weeks. The Williams' (Ds) were charged with manslaughter for failure to supply their
17-month-old child with the necessary medical attention. Ds were found guilty of
manslaughter for this negligence. Ds appealed their conviction.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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