State v. Boyd

The opinion was delivered by

Luckert, J.:

Chasity L. Boyd (Boyd) was convicted by a jury of first-degree felony murder and two counts of abuse of a child. Boyd appeals her convictions, arguing: (1) tire trial court abused its discretion in not granting her motion to sever her trial from that of her codefendants; (2) the trial court erred in failing to give instructions on lesser included offenses; and (3) the trial court erred in admitting evidence of child abuse other tiran the acts charged in this case.

Facts

On December 30, 2002, 9-year-old Brian Edgar’s lifeless body was brought to tire…