State v. Wyatt

ALBRIGHT, Justice:

■ Appellant, Julie Wyatt, appeals 1 her convictions of child abuse and child neglect with bodily injury, malicious assault, and murder of a child by failure to provide medical care. Appellant first challenges the constitutionality of W.Va.Code § 61-8D-2. In addition, along with various other alleged errors, she argues that jury instructions related to the charge of murder by failure to provide medical care were erroneous and confused the jury, that the court erred in refusing to permit expert testimony on “battered women’s syndrome,” and that the court erred in allowing the…