People v. Noble

QUINN, Justice.

Ronald Noble (defendant) was convicted of the crimes of felony child abuse 1 and reckless manslaughter, 2 as well as misdemeanor child abuse 3 and third degree assault. 4 He asserts several grounds for reversal, namely: a violation of equal protection of the laws due to the disparate penalty scheme for felony child abuse and reckless manslaughter; the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress evidence obtained from a search of his home pursuant to warrant; the court’s instruction on the definition of “knowingly” as related to the crime of child abuse; the deprivation of his…