Attorney Involvement: 17 months, 5-member team format, strategist role
Jurisdiction: Hidalgo
Kind of Case: Capital murder, felony murder, injury to child SBI, injury to child SBI by omission
Outcome: Acquittal on murder charges. Convicted of reckless injury to child SBI, reckless injury to child by omission. (Pending sentencing).
Key info: 17-week-old falls from bed height, dies after respiratory arrest. Intracranial and retinal hemorrhages lead State to conclude a violent murder. Defense showed jury evidence of pre-existing bleeding disorder in infant which made child subject to hemorrhages.