State v. Burke

SATZ, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of involuntary manslaughter, § 565.024.1 1, and was sentenced to six months imprisonment. She appeals. We affirm.

Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. Defendant was the baby-sitter of the victim, Jessica Lange, a ten-month-old infant, in good health until December 7, 1987. On that day, paramedics responded to a call at defendant’s house that a child was not breathing. The paramedics transported the infant to the hospital. The infant died the next day.

Dr. Mary Case, who performed the autopsy on the infant,…