People v. Radford

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of felony child endangerment as to his 26-month-old daughter, who died. Decision of court to partially close courtroom during voir dire did not deprive Defendant of a fair trial and did not undermine integrity of the judicial process.Court could reasonably conclude that Defendant willfully endangered life or health of his child, as he admitted that he roughly forced her into her daybed for her nap. Court did not err in giving jury instruction that used the word willfully rather than the word knowingly, as both terms reflect the same state of mind for child endangerment offenses.(WRIGHT, concurring; McDADE, dissenting.)