State v. Gunn

JAMES M. SMART, JR., Judge.

Rose Gunn was convicted by a Boone County jury on July 26, 2000, on one count of the class D felony of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, in violation of § 568.045, RSMo 1994. On September 25, 2000, Gunn was sentenced by the court as a persistent misdemeanor offender to four years’ imprisonment with the Missouri Department of Corrections. The defendant appeals her conviction to this court. We affirm the conviction.

Factual Background

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict (State v. Clay, 975 S.W.2d 121, 139 (Mo. banc 1998)), the…