{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-12-1.2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2C:12-1.2","heading":"Endangering an injured victim.","body":"1.\tEndangering an injured victim.  a.  A person is guilty of endangering an injured victim if he causes bodily injury to any person or solicits, aids, encourages, or attempts or agrees to aid another, who causes bodily injury to any person, and leaves the scene of the injury knowing or reasonably believing that the injured person is physically helpless, mentally incapacitated or otherwise unable to care for himself.\nb.\tAs used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:\n(1)\t\"Physically helpless\" means the condition in which a person is unconscious, unable to flee, or physically unable to summon assistance;\n(2)\t\"Mentally incapacitated\" means that condition in which a person is rendered temporarily or permanently incapable of understanding or controlling one's conduct, or of appraising or controlling one's condition, which incapacity shall include but is not limited to an inability to comprehend one's own peril;\n(3)\t\"Bodily injury\" shall  have the meaning set forth in N.J.S.2C:11-1.\nc.\tIt is an affirmative defense to prosecution for a violation of this section that the defendant summoned medical treatment for the victim or knew that medical treatment had been summoned by another person, and protected the victim from further injury or harm until emergency assistance personnel arrived.  This affirmative defense shall be proved by the defendant by a preponderance of the evidence.\nd.\tA person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree.  Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:1-8 or any other provision of law, a conviction arising under this subsection shall not merge with a conviction of the crime that rendered the person physically helpless or mentally incapacitated, nor shall such other conviction merge with a conviction under this section.  Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:44-5 or any other provision of law, the sentence imposed pursuant to this section shall be ordered to be served consecutively to that imposed for any conviction of the crime that rendered the person physically helpless or mentally incapacitated.\ne.\tNothing herein shall be deemed to preclude, if the evidence so warrants, an indictment and conviction for murder, manslaughter, assault or any other offense.\nL.2000,c.174,s.1.","path":["TITLE 2C THE NEW JERSEY CODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"95174c2bc6002d89a7545b5c999fd52cbdd35539f2ce294d256fe7e26468271d","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-12-1.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-12-1.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}