People v. Watkins

Defendant, Connell Jane Watkins, appeals the trial court’s order denying her postcon-vietion motion challenging the constitutionality of her sentence for reckless child abuse resulting in death. We affirm.

I

Defendant, a psychotherapist, was convicted of reckless child abuse resulting in death based on her role in a “rebirthing” therapy session that caused the death of a ten-year-old girl. Defendant’s conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. However, the division declined to address defendant’s equal protection challenge to her sixteen-year sentence because defendant had not raised the…