Criminal
Oct. 27, 2000
Court Rules Mom Didn't Abuse Position of Trust With Daughter
A mother is not in a "position of public or private trust" when she tells her daughter not to testify against the child's father in a molestation case because "God would not like it," the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
The unusual case stems from a conv...
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