State Of Washington v. Zaida Cardenas-flores

Filed Washington State Court of Appeals Division Two June 14, 2016 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION II STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 46605-8-II Respondent, v. ZAIDA YESENIA CARDENAS-FLORES, PUBLISHED OPINION Appellant. WORSWICK, J. — A jury returned a verdict finding Zaida Cardenas-Flores guilty of second degree assault of a child. Cardenas-Flores appeals her conviction, asserting that (1) the State failed to establish the corpus delicti of second degree assault of a child with evidence independent of her statements to police, (2) the State failed to present sufficient…