Commonwealth v. Maddox

OPINION

LAMBERT, Justice.

Two year old Terrance Davis was brought by ambulance to the emergency room at Kosair’s Childrens Hospital at 8:41 a.m. on August 19, 1993. Terrance had sustained a massive skull fracture, a ruptured blood vessel in his abdomen, and he was bruised virtually all over his body. He was in a coma when he was brought in and his condition deteriorated throughout the day. That evening, at 8:02 p.m., Terrance died. Terrance’s injuries were later described as similar to those sustained by a person who had been hit by a car and thrown forty feet. However, Terrance was not hit and…