Johnson v. State

Hunstein, Chief Justice.

Appellant Alana Johnson was convicted of one count of felony murder in connection with the October 2010 death of her three-year-old son, Shane Hurd. Johnson appeals the denial of her motion for *857new trial, asserting insufficiency of the evidence, evidentiary error, and trial counsel ineffectiveness. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.1

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, the evidence adduced at trial established as follows. On October 10,2010, Shane died as the result of ingesting a toxic level of methadone while he was in Johnson’s care. At…