Davenport v. State

BENHAM, Justice.

Christopher D. Davenport appeals his conviction for the felony murder of three-year-old Joycelyn Broadway. 1 The evidence at trial showed that while the woman with whom he was living worked, Davenport stayed home with her daughter Joycelyn. As the mother arrived home on October 18, 2001, she heard Davenport say, "I'm tired of you pissing yourself." She found her daughter unresponsive. Emergency medical technicians responding to the mother's 911 call found Joycelyn in cardiac arrest and she was declared dead shortly after her arrival at a hospital. An autopsy revealed a…