State of Connecticut v. Yalines Torres
N/AOUTCOME: Plea to manslaughter in exchange for 16 years incarceration.
Bob defended a 23-year-old babysitter charged with capital murder following the death of an infant in her care who fatally struck his head on a metal doorframe during a game with a sleeping bag. Bob wa ... s able to demonstrate through forensic and testimonial evidence that the fatal injury was accidentally caused when the babysitter swung the child around in a circle while the child was playing inside the sleeping bag. Instead of receiving the death penalty or life imprisonment, the client was sentenced to 16 years for manslaughter and has since been released from prison.
