PEOPLE v. KNOX

Docket No. 123970.

674 N.W.2d 366 (2004)

469 Mich. 502

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Danny Lee KNOX, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

February 4, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, James J. Gregart, Prosecuting Attorney, and Judith B. Ketchum, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Kalamazoo, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Gary L. Rogers), Detroit, for the defendant.


Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The defendant was charged in the death of his four-month-old son, Xavier Knox, and convicted of first-degree felony murder, MCL 750.316(1)(b), with first-degree child abuse, MCL 750.136b(2), as the predicate. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. We must determine whether the admission of evidence regarding defendant's past anger directed at the child's mother, the child's prior injuries, and the mother...

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