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La. Rev. Stat. § 14:93.2.3 (2026)

Second degree cruelty to juveniles

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§93.2.3. Second degree cruelty to juveniles

           A.(1) Second degree cruelty to juveniles is the intentional or criminally negligent mistreatment or neglect by anyone over the age of seventeen to any child under the age of seventeen which causes serious bodily injury or neurological impairment to that child.

           (2) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 2, §3, eff. August 1, 2019.

           B. The providing of treatment by a parent or tutor in accordance with the tenets of a well-recognized religious method of healing, in lieu of medical treatment, shall not for that reason alone be considered to be intentional or criminally negligent mistreatment or neglect and shall be an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this Section.

           C. Whoever commits the crime of second degree cruelty to juveniles shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than forty years.

           Amended by Acts 2019, No. 2, §3, eff. August 1, 2019.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 46 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 2002–2025 · leading case: State v. Strother, 19 So. 3d 598 (La. Ct. App. 2009).
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State v. Strother, 19 So. 3d 598 (La. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 8× “Count one: Attempted second degree cruelty to a juvenile: Defendant was charged with second degree cruelty to juveniles by bill of information as follows: COUNT 1: IN THAT HE DID ON OR ABOUT THE 2ND DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2007, being over the age of 17 (seventeen), intentionally or…”
State v. Strother, 49 So. 3d 372 (La. 2010). · cites it 3× “R.S. 14:93.2.3, and with cruelty to juveniles, in violation of La.”
State v. Green, 831 So. 2d 962 (La. 2002). · cites it 2× “§ 14:93.2.3. From the language quoted from the bill of information, it is clear that the reference on the obverse side of the bill of information to LA.”
State v. Small, 100 So. 3d 797 (La. 2012). · cites it 2× “R.S. 14:93.2.3. Because the child in this case died, it is immaterial whether we analyze this case in terms of cruelty to juveniles or second degree cruelty to juveniles.”
State v. Galliano, 839 So. 2d 932 (La. 2003). “The defendant is charged with second degree cruelty to a juvenile, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:93.2.3. The charge arises out of an incident in which the two-year-old victim, while in defendant's care, sustained serious brain injury consistent with shaken baby syndrome.”
State v. Vance, 879 So. 2d 862 (La. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 3× “R.S. 14:93.2.3. At his arraignment on January 14, 2003, he pleaded not guilty.”
State v. Day, 158 So. 3d 120 (La. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “R.S. 14:93.2.3, and five counts of cruelty to a juvenile, a violation of La.”
State v. Galliano, 945 So. 2d 701 (La. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “STATEMENT OF THE CASE The Jefferson Parish District Attorney filed a bill of information charging the defendant, Joe Galliano, with second degree cruelty to a juvenile, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:93.2.3. The defendant pled not guilty at arraignment.”
State v. Lawrence, 47 So. 3d 1003 (La. Ct. App. 2010). “R.S. 14:93.2.3 A(l), is “the intentional or criminally negligent mistreatment or neglect by anyone over the age of seventeen to any child under the age of seventeen which causes serious bodily injury or neurological impairment to that child.”
State v. Small, 78 So. 3d 825 (La. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “R.S. 14:93.2.3(A) [1] provided that: (1) Second degree cruelty to juveniles is the intentional or criminally negligent mistreatment or neglect by anyone over the age of seventeen to any child under the age of seventeen which causes serious bodily injury or neurological…”
State v. Simpson, 186 So. 3d 195 (La. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “hThe defendant, Perneicia Simpson, was charged by bill of information with 10 counts of second degree cruelty to a juvenile, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:93.2.3. She pled guilty as charged and was sentenced to serve six years at hard labor for each count.”
State v. Henderson, 135 So. 3d 36 (La. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 4× “R.S. 14:93.2.3 (count two); and cruelty to juveniles, a violation of La.”
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La. Rev. Stat. § 14:93.2.3(2): 1 case
State v. Charles, 178 So. 3d 1157 (La. Ct. App. 2015).
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:93.2.3(A): 2 cases
State v. Small, 78 So. 3d 825 (La. Ct. App. 2011). “R.S. 14:93.2.3(A) [1] provided that: (1) Second degree cruelty to juveniles is the intentional or criminally negligent mistreatment or neglect by anyone over the age of seventeen to any child under the age of seventeen which causes serious bodily injury or neurological…”
State of Louisiana v. Tyrone A. Stewart (La. Ct. App. 2025).
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:93.2.3(A)(1): 9 cases
State v. Strother, 49 So. 3d 372 (La. 2010). “R.S. 14:93.2.3, and with cruelty to juveniles, in violation of La.”
State v. Small, 100 So. 3d 797 (La. 2012). “R.S. 14:93.2.3. Because the child in this case died, it is immaterial whether we analyze this case in terms of cruelty to juveniles or second degree cruelty to juveniles.”
State v. Vance, 879 So. 2d 862 (La. Ct. App. 2004). “R.S. 14:93.2.3. At his arraignment on January 14, 2003, he pleaded not guilty.”
State v. Thornton, 111 So. 3d 1130 (La. Ct. App. 2013).
State v. Nabors, 251 So. 3d 1214 (La. Ct. App. 2018).
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:93.2.3(A)(2): 3 cases
State v. Strother, 49 So. 3d 372 (La. 2010). “R.S. 14:93.2.3, and with cruelty to juveniles, in violation of La.”
State v. Vance, 879 So. 2d 862 (La. Ct. App. 2004). “R.S. 14:93.2.3. At his arraignment on January 14, 2003, he pleaded not guilty.”
State v. Galliano, 945 So. 2d 701 (La. Ct. App. 2006). “STATEMENT OF THE CASE The Jefferson Parish District Attorney filed a bill of information charging the defendant, Joe Galliano, with second degree cruelty to a juvenile, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:93.2.3. The defendant pled not guilty at arraignment.”
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:93.2.3(C): 6 cases
State v. Simpson, 186 So. 3d 195 (La. Ct. App. 2016). “hThe defendant, Perneicia Simpson, was charged by bill of information with 10 counts of second degree cruelty to a juvenile, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:93.2.3. She pled guilty as charged and was sentenced to serve six years at hard labor for each count.”
State v. Galliano, 945 So. 2d 701 (La. Ct. App. 2006). “STATEMENT OF THE CASE The Jefferson Parish District Attorney filed a bill of information charging the defendant, Joe Galliano, with second degree cruelty to a juvenile, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:93.2.3. The defendant pled not guilty at arraignment.”
State v. Austin, 139 So. 3d 583 (La. Ct. App. 2014).
State v. Spruell, 268 So. 3d 397 (La. Ct. App. 2019).
State v. Spruell, 268 So. 3d 397 (La. Ct. App. 2019).
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