State v. Mendell

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

The, appellant, David Mendell, was charged with and found guilty after trial by jury of second degree murder of a fourteen-month-old child, Matthew Scott Williams. He appeals.

As a ground of error, he asserts that there was not sufficient evidence on which a jury could find him. guilty of second degree murder. The facts set forth in a light most favorable to sustaining the jury’s verdict are that appellant was living, with Mrs. Jacqueline Rae Williams, the mother of Matthew. Matthew was a child by a former marriage. Mrs. Williams worked an evening shift and appellant…