Morris v. Com.

OPINION BY Senior Justice ROSCOE B. STEPHENSON, JR.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the evidence is sufficient to support a mother's conviction of felonious child neglect in violation of Code § 18.2-371.1(B). The accused mother, Samantha Lynn Morris, contends that the evidence is insufficient, as a matter of law, because it did not prove that she willfully failed to provide care for her two children in a manner so gross, wanton, and culpable as to show a reckless disregard for their lives.

I

In a bench trial, Morris was found guilty of two charges of felony child neglect. The court…