King v. State

Thompson, Justice.

Shannan King was convicted of malice murder and felony murder, based on the underlying felony of cruelty to children.1 The victim, appellant’s 15-month-old son, died as a result of a blunt head trauma resulting in a skull fracture..1. Appellant asserts the general grounds. Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence shows that appellant appeared at her neighbor’s door and calmly asked the neighbor to come to her apartment to “check her child.” The neighbor accompanied appellant to her apartment where she observed the child lying on his back on a pallet on…