White v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in the conviction of appellant of two counts of Neglect of a Dependent, a Class D felony, for which he received concurrent sentences of two (2) years and two (2) years enhanced by ten (10) years by reason of a finding of habitual offender status.

The facts are: During the months of November and December of 1987, ten-year-old D.W., appellant’s daughter, observed her father at home on one or two occasions mash up a white powder and inject it into his arm. D.W.’s mother told her the powder was “speed.” On various occasions, D.W. and her friends found marijuana…