State v. Manago

Appellant urges that the trial court should have directed a verdict of acquittal because the state adduced no evidence tending to prove the requisite elements of the offense charged. Specifically, appellant argues that the record discloses no evidence that her daughter was killed. Thus, the question presented is whether the state established, either directly or circumstantially, by the requisite degree of proof that appellant’s daughter was killed.

That the alleged victim was “killed” is not only a specific element of the crime charged (R. C. 2901.01) and the crime for which appellant was…