WALLER, Justice, for the Court:
¶ 1. Pamela Moore was indicted and tried for the felony offense of child abuse for injuring a twenty-two (22) month old infant by submersing the child's buttocks in scalding water. The jury was instructed on felony child abuse, Miss.Code Ann. § 97-5-39(2) (2000), and on the misdemeanor offense of contributing to the neglect of a child. Id. § 97-5-39(1). Moore was convicted of the misdemeanor offense of neglect...
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