Burnette v. State

127 S.W.3d 479 (2003)

Kurtis BURNETTE

v.

STATE of Arkansas.

No. CR 03-243.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 30, 2003.

William R. Simpson, Jr., Public Defender, by: Erin Vinett, Deputy Public Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Mike Beebe, Att'y Gen., by: Linda Blackburn, Ass't Att'y Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

ANNABELLE CLINTON IMBER, Justice.

Appellant Kurtis Burnette was convicted of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree after a four-year-old child in his care was found standing in the center of a busy street in Little Rock. On appeal, he argues that the State not only…