THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
SUSAN VALERIE HEITZMAN, Defendant and Respondent.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 30, 1994.
December 30, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
Michael R. Capizzi, District Attorney, Maurice L. Evans, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Wallace J. Wade, Assistant District Attorney, and Kathleen M. Harper, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Thomas A. Temmerman, Assistant Attorney General, Gary A. Binkerd and Gabriel C. Vivas, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Richard Schwartzberg, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Respondent.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
LUCAS, C.J.
Penal Code section 368, subdivision (a),1 is one component of a multifaceted legislative response to the problem of elder abuse. The statute imposes felony criminal liability on "[a]ny person who, under circumstances or conditions likely to produce great bodily harm or death, willfully causes or permits any elder or dependent adult, with knowledge that he or she is an elder or dependent...
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