Britain, Samantha Amity

WOMACK, J.,

delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court.

A jury convicted the appellant of manslaughter and injury to a child for recklessly causing the death of her stepdaughter. The Fourth Court of Appeals held that there was insufficient evidence that the appellant was “aware of but consciously disregarded] a substantial and unjustifiable risk” as required to prove recklessness. Accordingly, the Fourth Court reversed the judgment of the trial court and entered a judgement of acquittal on both counts. 1 We granted the State Prosecuting Attorney’s petition for discretionary review to answer…