Criminal Law : Felony Child Abuse – Restricted Diet – Sufficiency Of Evidence

Where a defendant who confined his 14-year-old son to a small, cold bathroom and severely restricted his food was convicted of felony child abuse, the food restriction resulted in malnourishment and a negative impact on the boy’s growth and development, and the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction despite the defendant’s acquittal on a child endangerment charge.

Judgment is affirmed.

State v. Hansen (MLW No. 67303/Case No. SC94210 – 9 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Teitelman, J.; all concur) Appealed from circuit court, Greene County, Conklin, J. (Ellen H. Flottman, Columbia, for appellant) (Evan J. Buchheim and Todd T. Smith, Jefferson City, for respondent).

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