State of Tennessee v. Randy Bernard Braswell - Concurring
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE Assigned on Briefs March 25, 2009
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. RANDY BERNARD BRASWELL
Appeal from the Criminal Court for Hamilton County No. 241518 Jon Kerry Blackwood, Senior Judge
No. E2008-01392-CCA-R3-CD - Filed December 14, 2009
JAMES CURWOOD WITT, JR., J., concurring.
I concur in the majority opinion but write separately to express the views (1) that the statutes proscribing child abuse and child neglect are needlessly complex and (2) that our controlling case law does not invite helpful application of the child abuse statute by applying the “knowing” scienter to “treating a child in an abusive manner.” (Emphasis added.)
___________________________________ JAMES CURWOOD WITT, JR., JUDGE
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