Dailey v. State

Tchnavian Rolanda Dailey, the driver of a day-care van, was convicted of criminally negligent homicide, a violation of § 13A-6-4, Ala. Code 1975, after she left Demyreon Lindley, a three-year-old child, unattended in a closed van, ultimately causing his death. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed her conviction, concluding that the trial court had erred in granting the State's challenge for cause of prospective juror K.K.Dailey v. State, 828 So.2d 337 (Ala.Crim.App. 2000). We granted the State's petition for certiorari review to determine whether the holding of the Court of Criminal Appeals…