State v. Newsom

LANSING, Judge.

Karlene M. Newsom appeals from the sentence entered upon her conviction of felony injury to child.

Carmalita Shaw asked her former brother-in-law, Joe Newman, if he would take care of her three children while she was incarcerated for one month in the Bannock County Jail. At the time, Newsom and her children lived with Newman. While in the care of Newman and Newsom, eight-month-old Miranda Shaw was killed by blunt force injuries to her head, neck, thorax, and back. Both Newman and Newsom were charged with committing felony injury to a child, I.C. § 18-1501(1), for having…