State v. Dailey

GRIMM, Judge.

In this jury tried case, defendant was convicted of endangering the welfare of a child, in violation of § 568.050, RSMo. 1986. Her appeal raises one issue, whether the trial court erred in overruling defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal on the basis that there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction. Finding that there was sufficient evidence, we affirm.

The defendant, mother of the victim Jer-rell Sims, was tried jointly with Cleveland Sims, the admitted father of the victim. They were both charged with assault in the first degree (§ 565.050, RSMo. 1986).…