Bulletin: Rene Bailey; New York: The Democrat and Chronicle reports that the former day care provider testified Tuesday that a boy in her care likely saw a fatal fall of a toddler, who authorities instead insisted was killed by violent shaking.
STORY: "Caregiver testifies in shaken baby hearing," by reporter Gary
Craig, published by the Democrat and Chronicle on April 22, 2014.GIST:
A
former day care provider testified Tuesday that a boy in her care
likely saw a fatal fall of a toddler, who authorities instead insisted
was killed by violent shaking. Monroe County Court Judge James
Piampiano, who is considering a bid to reverse a "shaken-baby syndrome"
conviction of René Bailey, now must decide whether the testimony is
credible and is new to the criminal case. Bailey was convicted in
2002 of murder in the death of 2½year-old Brittney Sheets, who was in
Bailey's care in her Greece home. A jury decided that Bailey shook
Brittney to death. In
the aftermath of the death, a boy who was also in Bailey's care and
about the same age as Brittney was moved for day care to the home of
Sandra Hennessy, who then lived in Gates. That boy, Hennessy
testified Wednesday, began re-enacting what appeared to be the events of
Brittney's death. He would encourage an imaginary Brittney to jump from
a chair, then would run to a location as if Brittney were there. He
would carry a pink toy pig he kept, said Hennessy, who now lives in
Florida. "As far as his pig was concerned, it had magical powers to
him," Hennessy said. Bailey
has maintained that Brittney suffered injuries from a fall off of a
chair. She said that she was in a bathroom when she heard the boy say,
"Jump Brittney, I know you can do it." Bailey said she heard two thumps
and came out to find Brittney lying on the floor. At
the crux of the debate is what has become warring scientific opinions
over whether the injuries suffered by Brittney could have resulted from a
fall.........The hearing is expected to last the rest of
this week. Piampiano is not expected to decide on the request to
reverse the conviction for at least two months, after attorneys have
filed post-hearing legal papers." http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2014/04/22/rene-bailey-brittney-sheets-murder/8008483/ PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Dear Reader. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog. We are following this case. I
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