Court of Appeals of New York

In a case in which the defendant's partner severely beat the defendant's 23-month-old child and the defendant failed to seek medical attention, a conviction for second-degree depraved indifference murder is vacated, where the evidence was not sufficient to show that the defendant possessed the culpable mental state of depraved indifference to human life.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/31/2012
• Published 05/31/2012

Judges

• Ciparick

Court

• Court of Appeals of New York

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Margaret E. Knight, Vincent Rivellese