State v. Fletcher

*20Justice WALLER:

We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ opinion in State v. Fletcher, 363 S.C. 221, 609 S.E.2d 572 (2005). We reverse.

FACTS

Petitioner, Henry Fletcher, was indicted for homicide by child abuse relating to the death of nine-month-old Jaquan Perry. Jaquan was the son of Fletcher’s live-in girlfriend, Ikeisha Perry. On the afternoon of September 21, 2000, Perry and Fletcher transported Jaquan to Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital at approximately 1:15 p.m. According to Perry and Fletcher, the child had been fine that morning, so they took him on errands and…