Is there any case law where a defendant has been found guilty of criminal negligence for leaving her young daughter alone in the street without a seatbelt?

Defendant claims her conduct was less egregious than the criminal negligence involved in two other misdemeanor child endangerment cases. We are not persuaded. In People v. Little (2004) 115 Cal.App.4th 766, the defendant's misdemeanor child endangerment conviction was upheld based on evidence that the defendant left his six- to 12-month-old daughter lying unrestrained on a three-foot-high bed. The infant's age showed she was old enough to crawl or at least roll over, and could have been injured by

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