Jackson v. State

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

Carmen Jackson was convicted of malice murder, felony murder and cruelty to children in the death of her fifteen-month-old daughter, Tytanna Jackson. She appeals from the denial of her motion for new trial. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. The evidence adduced authorized the jury to find that the victim was beaten so severely that her pancreas and duodenum were ruptured and that the contents of the victim’s intestines leaked into her abdomen and led to her death within two to four hours due to toxic shock. Expert testimony established that two to four hours was the…