Castro v. Georgia

Following a jury trial, Eric Castro was found guilty of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, and various other offenses in connection with the death of two-year-old Kailee Parker. Heather Parker, Kailee’s mother, was found guilty of two counts of felony murder, both predicated on the offenses of cruelty to children for Parker’s failure to seek medical treatment for Kailee. Castro contended that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support the verdict and that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence at trial certain autopsy photographs of Kailee. In her appeal, Parker argued that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support the verdict against her and that the trial court erred in its charge to the jury. Finding no reversible error in either appeal, the Supreme Court affirmed both convictions. View "Castro v. Georgia" on Justia Law