STATE v. RIGGS

No. WD 55763.

2 S.W.3d 867 (1999)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Karen L. RIGGS, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

October 5, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig A. Johnston, Asst. Public Defender, Columbia, for Appellant.

Philip M. Koppe, Kansas City, for Respondent.

Before: Presiding Judge LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge LOWENSTEIN and Judge RIEDERER.


LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

Defendant Karen L. Riggs was convicted by a jury of the felonies of involuntary manslaughter, § 565.024, RSMo 1994, and endangering the welfare of a child, § 568.045, RSMo 1994 (all further statutory references are to the Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1994, unless otherwise indicated). Riggs was sentenced to concurrent terms of five years imprisonment. The convictions resulted from an incident involving Riggs' two-year-old child Benjamin...

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