People v. Allman

The defendant was indicted for the crime of murder of his four-year-old daughter, Lachelle Allman. He was convicted of the crime of manslaughter in the second degree by the verdict of the jury. His appeal raises several claims for reversal and we discuss two of them in detail. The first claim is that the defendant’s conviction rests largely on the inadmissible testimony of his wife concerning privileged communications of the defendant. The second claim asserts that the defendant was deprived of the fair and meaningful representation of counsel.

We affirm the judgment of conviction. In our…