McFolley v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his convictions for felony murder and cruelty to children, contending that he received ineffective assistance because his trial counsel failed to object to expert testimony on the ultimate issue in question, whether the baby's injuries were caused by abuse or an accidental fall. The court held that, under the circumstances of this case, the expert testimony that the injuries suffered by the baby could not have been accidentally inflicted was admissible where the question of whether these accidental falls could produce the types of injuries suffered by the baby required the training of an expert to answer. Therefore, there was no ineffective assistance of counsel.
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