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FLORES v. STATE

No. 39413.

120 P.3d 1170 (2005)

Martha FLORES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Kohn, Public Defender, and Robert L. Miller, Deputy Public Defender, Clark County, for Appellant.

Brian Sandoval, Attorney General, Carson City; David J. Roger, District Attorney, and James Tufteland, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.

Before the Court En Banc.

OPINION

MAUPIN, J.

The trial jury below found appellant Martha Flores (Flores) guilty of first-degree murder by child abuse. The victim was her five-year-old stepdaughter, Zoraida Flores. Postmortem findings confirmed that the child had been physically abused, that her death was caused by blunt-force trauma to the head, and that Flores was present during the events surrounding the child's demise. Flores, however, denied any wrongdoing in connection...

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