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MORRIS v. COM.

Record No. 052654.

636 S.E.2d 436 (2006)

Samantha Lynn MORRIS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 3, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Hingeley, Public Defender (Elizabeth P. Murtagh, Deputy Public Defender, on briefs), Lynchburg, for appellant.

Robert H. Anderson, III, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., and LACY, KEENAN, KINSER, LEMONS, and AGEE, JJ., and STEPHENSON, S.J.

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...

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