Boone v. State

Richard B. Adkisson, Chief Justice.

Following a trial by jury in Clay County Circuit Court, appellant, Kathy Pearson Boone, was convicted of second degree murder in connection with the death of her four year old son and was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. On appeal we affirm.

Appellant first argues that there is insufficient evidence to support the conviction. The State’s theory of the case was that the child died of repeated beatings administered by her boyfriend while appellant, having a legal duty to prevent them, stood by and did nothing.

On Thursday morning, August 6, 1981, the…