Sample v. State

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Alice Sample appeals her conviction of neglect of a dependent, a class D felony. The conviction arises from Sample's failure to obtain prompt medical care for her four-month-old daughter after the child fell and fractured her skull. .

We affirm.

First, Sample challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain her conviction. She contends there was no evidence produced at trial which would establish that she "knowingly" failed to seek proper medical treatment for her daughter. In support of this contention, she insists that the definition of knowledge in neglect of dependent…