Moore v. State

799 So.2d 89 (2001)

Pamela MOORE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1999-KM-01868-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 25, 2001.

Joseph Patrick Frascogna, Jackson, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Dewitt T. Allred, III, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before BANKS, P.J., WALLER and COBB, JJ.

WALLER, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Pamela Moore was indicted and tried for the felony offense of child abuse for injuring a twenty-two (22) month old infant by submersing the child's buttocks in scalding water. The jury was instructed on felony child abuse, Miss.Code Ann. § 97-5-39(2)…