Criminal,
California Courts of Appeal
Oct. 30, 2026
Panel tosses mother's 25-to-life sentence in infant son's death
The 1st District Court of Appeal ordered an acquittal on an assault count and a new trial on the remaining charges, finding insufficient aiding-and-abetting evidence and a Section 231.7 jury-selection violation.
An appellate panel threw out the convictions and 25-years-to-life sentence of a Contra Costa County mother in the death of her five-week-old son, holding that the judge violated state law by excusing a Black prospective juror the prosecution struck for discussing the case with her daughter before hearing the prosecutor's reasons for the challenge.
The 1st District Court of Appeal, Division 5, also found that the evidence presented by the time the prosecution rested was insuffi...
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