Phelps v. State

439 So.2d 727 (1983)

Gayle Weaver PHELPS

v.

STATE.

3 Div. 497.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

May 31, 1983.

Rehearing Denied July 5, 1983.

Certiorari Denied October 28, 1983.

Calvin M. Whitesell, Roger S. Morrow, and Wesley Romine, Montgomery, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Helen P. Nelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Alabama Supreme Court 82-988.

SAM W. TAYLOR, Judge.

Following the death of her twenty-month-old son, appellant was indicted and convicted for child abuse stemming from her failure to prevent harm to the boy by his stepfather, appellant's husband. The…