State v. Qualls

WALKER, Judge.

Defendant was charged with felonious child abuse and second degree murder following the death of his two-month-old son (the victim). The evidence presented at trial tended to show the victim was born on 29 January 1993. From that date until March of 1993, defendant and his wife took the victim to the doctor on several occasions complaining of irritability and feeding problems. About a week after the victim was born, defendant’s wife returned to work and defendant was the primary caretaker. Defendant had recently been released from, the military and was collecting unemployment…