WILKINS, J.
Early in the morning of August 15, 1988, the defendant's twenty-three month old daughter Sarah died of asphyxia due to compression of her neck. Sarah had been strangled by a stereo speaker cord and smothered by a hand or pillow. The jury were warranted in finding that the defendant killed Sarah with deliberate premeditation and malice aforethought. We consider the defendant's appeal from her conviction of murder in the first degree.
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