Mallory v. State

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Susan Mallory appeals from a jury verdict of guilty on a charge by indictment of neglect of a dependent as a class B felony, based upon the death of her six-year-old daughter. We affirm.

The evidence reveals that Mallory’s daughter showed signs of paralysis on her left side after she received a hit to the forehead when Joseph Atkisson, Mallory’s boyfriend, was supposed to be caring for her. Many witnesses, who came in contact with the child over the next three weeks, agreed she was injured or in need of medical care. Mallory was told she should take her daughter to a doctor,…