STATE v. LECKINGTON

No. 04-1368.

713 N.W.2d 208 (2006)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Sandra Joy Stella LECKINGTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 28, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Penelope R. Souhrada, Davenport, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kristin Guddall, Assistant Attorney General, William E. Davis, County Attorney, and Julie A. Walton, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.


STREIT, Justice.

When children fail in their own judgment, responsible adults must step up. A mother made some horrible decisions concerning her son's drunken friend, almost costing him his life. A jury convicted the defendant, Sandra Leckington, of neglect of a dependent child, child endangerment resulting in serious injury, and providing alcohol to a minor. On appeal, Leckington contends there was insufficient evidence...

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