What is the definition of a felony child endangerment charge?

Defendant was charged with three counts of felony child endangerment. Section 273a, subdivision (a), the felony child endangerment statute, proscribes four categories of punishable conduct. (People v. Sargent (1999) 19 Cal.4th 1206, 1215 (Sargent).) The statute provides that a person shall be punished if, under circumstances or conditions likely to produce great bodily harm or death, they (1) willfully cause or permit a child to suffer, (2) inflict unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering, (3) have

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