State v. Killpack

DURRANT, Associate Chief Justice:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 Following a jury trial, Jennete Killpaek (“Killpack”) was convicted of child abuse homicide, a second degree felony, in violation of Utah Code section 76-5-208 (the “child abuse homicide statute”). She raises five issues on appeal:

1. Whether the trial court properly instructed the jury regarding the meaning of acting “recklessly” as the term is used in the child abuse homicide statute;

2. Whether the trial court properly rejected Killpaek’s proposed jury instructions that child abuse homicide cannot result from injuries inflicted by a parent if…