State v. Saenz

[¶ 1] Hilary Saenz died in her Ellsworth home on Christmas Day, 2013, after several days of beatings and injuries inflicted on her by her husband while her children were present. The immediate cause of her death was a subdural hematoma, a brain bleed that caused her to lose consciousness and die. Her husband, Christopher Saenz, was charged with her murder, and, following a jury-waived trial in the Superior Court (Hancock County, A. Murray, /.), convicted of depraved indifference murder, 17-A M.R.S. § 201(1)(B) (2015). He appeals, arguing that there was insufficient evidence for the court to…