PANKOW v. STATE

No. 5D03-821.

895 So.2d 1149 (2005)

Michael Paul PANKOW, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Scott Ragan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Allison Leigh Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


HARRIS, C., Senior Judge.

Two-year old Courtney Hensley, while in the custody of Michael P. Pankow, suffered severe burns to her feet. When it appeared that the burns were intentional immersion burns, Pankow was charged with and subsequently convicted for aggravated child abuse.

Pankow's defense was that he was heating water on the stove to boil eggs and that while he was out of the room the dog knocked over the water which splashed on Courtney causing her...

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