State v. Clarke

[¶ 1] Harold Clarke appeals from a judgment of conviction of manslaughter entered after a jury trial in the Superior Court (Knox County, Mead, J.). On appeal, Clarke challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, two prosecutorial comments, and the admission of an expert’s testimony. We affirm the judgment.

[¶ 2] Clarke was convicted of the manslaughter of Deanna Wadsworth, who was age four at the time of her death on November 7, 1994. The State’s theory of the case was that Deanna was a battered child who died as the result of an injury inflicted by Clarke. The defense theory was that the…