Moore v. State

HINES, Justice.

Brandon Trey Moore appeals his conviction for felony murder while in the commission of cruelty to children in the first degree and the denial of his motion for new trial in connection with the death of 14-month-old Preston Dinsbeer. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the trial court’s refusal to give certain charges to the jury. Finding the challenges to be without merit, we affirm. 1

The evidence construed in favor of the verdicts showed that on the morning of January 7, 2004, Anita Horton left her 14-month-old son, Preston, in the care of her boyfriend, Moore,…