Ricketts v. State

SULLIVAN, Judge,

concurring.

I am unable to discern any meaningful impact occasioned by the majority's treatment of subsections (1) and (8) of the neglect statute. See Opinion pp. 600-601. The majority concludes that subsection (1) which concerns placing the dependent in an endangering situation must be given an entirely disparate meaning from that of subsection (8) which concerns the deprivation of necessary support. I disagree with this analysis because an accused may clearly place a dependent in a life endangering situation by depriving the dependent of necessary support. The provisions are not coextensive but there is a degree of overlap between the two.

In all other respects I fully concur in the majority opinion.