Esq.
Mar. 1, 2011
Shaken Convictions
Shaken baby syndrome gets a second look in medical journals and the courts.
For the past 14 years, Shirley Ree Smith has fought a Los Angeles County assault conviction related to the death of her infant grandson. She was found guilty based on the testimony of doctors who said the boy had died after Smith violently shook him, causing shaken baby syndrome (SBS). But last fall, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed a 2006 reversal of her conviction and concluded that the trial evidence was insufficient...
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