State v. Scroggs

Krystal M. Scroggs (“Scroggs”) appeals from her convictions following a jury trial before the Circuit Court of Johnson County for one count of class A felony' murder in the second degree, section 565.Ó21,1 one count of endangering the welfare of. a child, section 568.045, and one count of abandonment of a corpse, section 194.425. The charges arise out of the death, shortly after birth,. of Scroggs’s newborn son. .Scroggs raises three points on appeal arguing that there was insufficient evidence to convict her of endangering the welfare of a child (Point One) and murder in the second degree…