In a child abuse case involving co-defendants mother and father, the Court of Appeal holds that substantial evidence does not support the jury’s true finding that the mother inflicted great bodily injury under PC 12022.7.  While the court agreed that the mother failed to fulfill her duty to protect her son from the father’s abuse, which formed the basis for the mother’s aiding and abetting liability on the offenses of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury and felony child abuse, the court finds that “[i]njury inflicted through an intermediary is not ‘personally’ inflicted within the meaning of section 12022.7.”

The full opinion is available on the court’s website here: https://www4.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/F087198.PDF