Davis v. State

BRADLEY D. Jesson, Chief Justice.

Shortly after midnight on March 4, 1994, the appellant, Lynn Davis, and his girlfriend, Michelle Wilson, arrived at the emergency room of the Cleburne County Memorial Hospital. With them was Michelle’s twenty-three-month-old son, Michael. Michael was in a state of cardiac arrest and was not breathing. His heartbeat was initially revived by use of CPR but he never regained consciousness. Two days later, he died. The medical examiner ruled Michael’s death a homicide. In particular, he noted that Michael showed signs of having been shaken and otherwise abused.

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