Linic v. State

EHRLICH, MERRILEE, Associate Judge.

The defendant appeals a conviction and sentence for “culpable negligence” child neglect causing serious bodily injury, as a lesser included offense of aggravated manslaughter of a child. She raises nine points which relate to the denial of her motions for judgment of acquittal, several alleged evidentiary errors, and alleged inappropriate comments which the prosecutor made during closing arguments. We conclude that five of these points are meritorious, and reverse and remand for a new trial.

The defendant’s infant son died on February 21, 2007, due to…