In an argument before the state Supreme Court Tuesday, the justices were asked to decide whether the crime of “luring” a child into a car is a strict liability offense or one that requires proof of intent.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers in Commonwealth v. Hart addressed the high court in Philadelphia City Hall, asking it to clarify the application of Section 2910 of the Crimes Code, which says anyone “who lures a child into a motor vehicle without the consent, express or implied, of the child’s parent or guardian, unless the circumstances reasonably indicate that the child is in need of assistance, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree.”
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