Fout v. State

SHARPNACK, Chief Judge.

Karrie Fout appeals her conviction of the crime of neglect of a dependent, a class B felony. We reverse and need address only the following issue:

Was the evidence sufficient to support the verdict and judgment of the trial court?

This case arose out of the death of Kar-rie's less than one day old daughter Lela Rebecca. Lela died as a result of Group B Beta Hemolytic Streptococcus septicemia which she contracted while in utero. The infection followed the premature breaking of Karrie Fout's water some eleven days before Lela's birth.

While she was pregnant with Lela,…