State v. Fritsch

PARKER, Justice.

Defendant was indicted for felonious child abuse and involuntary manslaughter of her seven-year-old daughter (victim). The jury convicted defendant of nonfelonious child abuse and involuntary manslaughter. The convictions were consolidated for judgment, and the trial court sentenced defendant to a term of sixteen to twenty months imprisonment.

At trial the State’s evidence tended to show that the victim suffered from cerebral palsy and severe mental retardation, functioning at the level of an infant. The victim died on 1 January 1996 at her home in Carteret County. The victim…