White v. State

HINES, Justice.

Janice White appeals her convictions for felony murder while in the commission of cruelty to a child in the second degree, aggravated assault, and cruelty to a child in the first degree, in connection with the death of her infant daughter, Daija White. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and vacate in part.

Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that Daija was ten months old at the time of her death. She lived with White, her father, Otheron Marcel Walker, and a brother, who was then 22 months old. On October 16, 2003, White left for work at 4:10 p.m.;…