State v. Nations

SATZ, Judge.

Defendant, Sandra Nations, owns and operates the Main Street Disco, in which police officers found a scantily clad sixteen year old girl “dancing” for “tips”. Consequently, defendant was charged with endangering the welfare of a child “less than seventeen years old,” § 568.050 RSMo 1978. 1 Defendant was convicted and fined $1,000.00. Defendant appeals. We reverse.

Defendant contends the state failed to make a submissible case. Defendant failed to preserve this issue for review on appeal. 2 We must, however, consider the issue of submissibility under the doctrine of plain error. It…