People v. Gray

Opinion by

Judge CASEBOLT.

Defendant, Shannon R. Gray, appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of child abuse causing serious injury. We remand the cause with directions.

The prosecution’s evidence showed that, while his wife slept, defendant shook his infant daughter with such force that she suffered massive brain injuries, causing her to lapse into a persistent vegetative state.

Before trial, defendant moved to suppress statements and writings he had made. At a hearing on that motion, evidence established that the day following the incident, defendant’s…