The syndrome is named after Baron Karl Friederich von Mauncrausen, a fictional eighteenth-century raconteur.It’s the “proxy” part that’s relatively new and refers to parents who fake symptoms or actually cause illnesses in their children in order to gain attention for themselves.The AMAJ article referred to a case in England of a baby who had recurrent illnesses associated with high concentrations of sodium in his blood.
FN 3. We agree that it was misconduct, but in the circumstances of this case we conclude that the trial court's refusal to grant a new trial was not an abuse of discretion. One of these involved a trained children's nurse who had administered small doses of salt to her two-month-old infant in her daily feeds. During the evening of March 6, however, while Tia was still in the hospital, she began to cry and was unable to be comforted.
According to Nurse McCarcy, "Mrs. Phillips came out to the desk and Cathy asked her if she had made up the formula and Mrs. Phillips said yes, she had. When such evidence exists the accused is entitled to an instruction which clearly indicates the full effect which a finding of its existence may bear on a crucial mental element of the charged and included offenses." There were reluctant to subject Tia’s weak little body to the survey, but felt her condition was serious enough to warrant the risk.Throughout all of this, Priscilla was right there with Tia. While a prosecutor ordinarily need not prove motive as an element of a crime (People v. Durrant (1897) 116 Cal. 179, 208 [48 P. 75]; People v. Planagan (1944) The evidence was thus relevant, and therefore admissible "[e]xcept as otherwise provided by statute" (Evid. The child had been vomiting, and she had diarrhea. The report simply said that Tia died of “chronic massive secretory diarrhea, etiology unknown.”Right after Tia’s death, the Phillips decided to adopt another little girl. 2 Profile Searches Follow. Priscilla Phillips, 66 Appellant had access to those areas. In the book, Priscilla talks about meeting Elvis Presley, their marriage, and the factors and issues that led to the couple's divorce. She had an extreme level of sodium in her blood. 2 YEARS! (Opinion by Grodin, J., with Racanelli, P. J., and Elkington, J., concurring.)
Tia's ear infection recurred, however, and was twice treated in February. 3. Our position is that she's entitled to this presumption because it is a conclusive presumption." She was discharged on August 28 but the symptoms reappeared and she was hospitalized twice in September and twice in October. The diarrhea stopped abruptly the next morning.
At that point, the defense objected: "It's assuming the guilt of the defendant which is totally inadmissible in a criminal proceeding ...." The objection was overruled, and the prosecutor continued with his question.