State v. ZILLYETTE

¶1 Brenda Zillyette (Zillyette) appeals her conviction for controlled substance homicide for the death of Austin Burrows, arguing that (1) the State failed to prove the corpus delicti of the crime by failing to provide sufficient independent proof that she delivered the drugs Burrows died from and (2) the State failed to allege every element of the crime in the information. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶2 On April 1, 2009, Rick Green found his son, Burrows, dead in his bedroom. Blood testing showed that Burrows had died from an overdose of methadone and alprazolam (also known…