Legal Opinion
United States v. Karen Irene Shores Leight
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 9, 1987No. 86-1274PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted defendant-appellant Karen Leight of murder in the second degree for causing the death of her infant son Daniel on a military reservation. Karen appeals the conviction on grounds that the district court improperly admitted “similar act” evidence, that the government destroyed significant evidence and that federal jurisdiction was not adequately proven. We affirm.
The jury in this case had to decide whether an infant, Daniel Leight, died as a result of abuse or of accidental causes. The medical evidence introduced at trial was complex and voluminous; some…
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