State v. Thompson

This case is before this Court upon the appeal of Adonis Ray Thompson from his conviction in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, of the felony offense of child neglect resulting in death. According to the State, appellant Thompson unreasonably failed to exercise a minimum degree of care toward his 2 year-old son, Luke Alexander Thompson, who died from hyperther-mia upon being left in an infant car seat in the appellant's car over four hours on a day where outside temperatures reached in excess of 80 degrees Fahrenheit. The appellant contends that he collapsed into sleep in his…