State v. Loughridge

Following a bench trial, Tammy Elaine Loughridge (Defendant) was convicted of two counts of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, a class C felony. See § 568.045.1 The trial court sentenced Defendant to serve concurrent five-year sentences.2 On appeal, Defendant challenges the denial of her motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of all of the evidence. She contends the evidence was insufficient for the trial court to reasonably find that Defendant knowingly created a substantial risk to the health of her minor children when she forced them to undress and photographed…