{"id":114706,"date":"2024-02-26T15:25:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T23:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=114706"},"modified":"2024-02-26T15:25:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T23:25:04","slug":"state-supreme-court-wont-hear-case-of-mom-convicted-in-toddlers-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2024\/02\/26\/state-supreme-court-wont-hear-case-of-mom-convicted-in-toddlers-death\/","title":{"rendered":"State Supreme Court won’t hear case of mom convicted in toddler’s death"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rosie Lee Wilson and Anthony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES – The California Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of a woman who unsuccessfully sought re-sentencing for the death of her 23-month-old son, who lingered in a vegetative state for more than a month after being beaten by her live-in boyfriend.<\/p>\n

The state’s highest court rejected a defense petition seeking review of Rosie Lee Wilson<\/strong>‘s case.<\/p>\n

Last November, a three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal affirmed Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Daviann Mitchell’s August 2022 decision that\u00a0\u00a0Wilson was “ineligible for re- sentencing” under a change in state law that affects the convictions and sentences of defendants in some murder cases.\u00a0Wilson, now 30, was convicted in May 2017 by a jury in Lancaster of second-degree murder and child abuse involving her son, Anthony<\/strong>, who was on life support for about 45 days before dying. She is serving a 15-year-to-life state prison sentence.<\/p>\n

Wilson’s boyfriend, Brandon Williams<\/strong>, was convicted of first-degree murder, torture and assault, and sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison.\u00a0Two doctors testified that Anthony would have had a good chance of surviving if he had been taken to a hospital right away, Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Hatami<\/strong> said after the verdict.\u00a0In denying Wilson’s bid for re-sentencing, the Superior Court judge wrote that Wilson had “failed to perform her parental duty to care for her minor child by not taking every reasonably necessary step to protect her minor child in spite of his horrific and life-threatening injuries,” and “intentionally delayed seeking medical attention for her child.”<\/p>\n

The appellate court panel found in its 26-page ruling last Nov. 29 that “substantial evidence supports the trial court’s determination that Wilson is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of second-degree murder under both direct liability and aiding and abetting theories.”\u00a0The appellate court ruling noted that Wilson knew that Williams had recently injured the boy badly while taking care of him and did not immediately return home from a karaoke bar when Williams called and urged her to come home on Aug. 21, 2014, because the boy was hurt.<\/p>\n

“Wilson’s conduct supports the inference that she intended to aid Williams in committing the life-endangering act of failing to obtain care for Anthony, apparently in order to cover up Williams’s abuse,” Presiding Justice Maria E. Stratton wrote on behalf of the appellate court panel. “Wilson did not take Anthony to the hospital, call 911 or obtain medical care for him for 12 hours after he became unconscious.”<\/p>\n

Wilson “attempted to hide Anthony’s bruises with baby powder and makeup before taking him to the hospital. When Wilson finally did seek attention for Anthony, her lies about how Anthony received his injuries matched Williams’s initial account,” Stratton wrote, with associate justices John Shepard Wiley Jr. and Victor Viramontes concurring in last year’s ruling.<\/p>\n

Previous related stories:<\/p>\n

Appeals court rejects re-sentencing bid for Palmdale mom convicted in toddler\u2019s death<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Judge denies re-sentencing bid for Palmdale mother convicted in toddler\u2019s death<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Palmdale woman\u2019s conviction upheld for beating death of toddler by her boyfriend<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Palmdale couple sentenced for murder, torture of toddler<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Palmdale woman convicted of murder in son\u2019s death<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Palmdale man found guilty in death of girlfriend\u2019s son<\/a><\/p>\n

Couple ordered to trial in death of Palmdale toddler<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Mom, boyfriend plead not guilty in torture death of toddler<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Palmdale couple charged with death of toddler<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Tortured Palmdale toddler dies, amended charges expected<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Couple charged with torture, mayhem for beating toddler<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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