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Northington v. State

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{{italic title}}{{Orphan|date=April 2011}}Northington v. State, 413 So.2d 1169 (1981), was a case decided by the Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama that reversed a conviction for murder on the basis that depraved heart murder requires a universal malice directed towards human life in general rather than malice directed towards a specific individual.^[1]

Decision

Defendant Northington was convicted of murder after allowing her five-month-old daughter to starve to death. The appellate court reversed the conviction because the mens rea requirement for depraved heart murder was held to be universal malice towards human life in general, and Northington displayed extreme reckless indifference towards her daughter only.^[2]

References

1. ^Bonnie, R.J. et al. Criminal Law, Second Edition. Foundation Press, New York, NY: 2004, p. 799
2. ^Bonnie, p. 799

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