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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 10 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Schoonmaker.

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1 State v. Schoonmaker Anchor
nm · 2008
yellow “what distinguishes civil negligence from criminal negligence is not whether the person is subjectively aware of a risk of harm; rather, it is the magnitude of the risk itself.” 6
2 State v. Trujillo
nmctapp · 2002
green “potentially serious consequences to the life or health of a child” 4

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