State v. Brown

STEPHEN N. LIMBAUGH, JR., Judge.

The State of Missouri appeals the judgment of the circuit court, dismissing an information charging Leslie A. Brown with the crime of “failure to report child abuse” under sections 210.115 and 210.165, RSMo 2000, on the ground that the statutes are unconstitutionally vague. Because there is a challenge to the validity of those statutes, this Court has jurisdiction. Mo. Const. art. V. sec. 3. The judgment is reversed.

The charges arose from events surrounding the death of two-year-old Dominic James, who had been placed in foster care. According to the “Probable…