Cox v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT BY CHIEF JUSTICE MINTON

*810A circuit court jury convicted Daniel Cox of the murder of his four-month-old son, Jayceon Chrystie, and recommended a sentence of imprisonment for life. Cox now appeals from the resulting judgment as a matter of right,1 raising two issues. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the judgment.

I. BACKGROUND.

One evening, Daniel Cox drove to the home of Kimberly Chrystie, Jayceon's mother, and picked Jayceon up for a visit. Over the span of the next two hours, Cox made a couple of stops at the home of family and friends before Jayceon became fussy, and…