Revells v. State

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

Raymond Revells and his wife, Amanda Karklis, appeal from the trial court’s denial of their motions for new trial following their convictions by a jury of three counts of cruelty to a child, L. R.,1 Raymond Revells’ then nearly four-year-old daughter.2 Revells and Karklis both challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. Karklis additionally challenges a number of evidentiary rulings and argues that her trial counsel was ineffective. The cases have been combined for our consideration.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, the evidence must be viewed in the light most…