A woman sentenced in 2005 to 16 years in prison for shaking a baby to death is hoping to convince a Marathon County judge this week that she should get a new trial.
Tammy Millerleile, 37, of Wausau was convicted of first-degree reckless homicide for fatally shaking 14-month-old Jake Mentink in March 2002 while baby-sitting him, according to court records.
Judge Vincent Howard heard testimony from a Minnesota pathologist today as Millerleile attempts to have her conviction overturned.
Tammy Millerleile of Wausau explains how she shook a 14-month-old boy who later died in this 2005 file photo. (Wausau Daily Herald file photo)
Shaken baby cases are being re-examined after Audrey Edmunds, a former Madison-area woman convicted in a shaken baby case, was freed from prison in 2008 after an appeals court ruled she should have a new trial.
The court said new medical information about shaken-baby syndrome called into question Edmunds' conviction and prosecutors elected to dismiss the charges against her after she served 11 years in prison.
Howard overturned a reckless homicide conviction for Quentin Louis in 2009 in a 2005 shaken baby case and ordered that Louis have a new trial based on potential new evidence. Prosecutors have appealed Howard's ruling in that case to the Court of Appeals.
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20110202/WDH0101/102020667/Judge-hears-testimony-in-shaken-baby-case-review
Tammy Millerleile, 37, of Wausau was convicted of first-degree reckless homicide for fatally shaking 14-month-old Jake Mentink in March 2002 while baby-sitting him, according to court records.
Judge Vincent Howard heard testimony from a Minnesota pathologist today as Millerleile attempts to have her conviction overturned.
Tammy Millerleile of Wausau explains how she shook a 14-month-old boy who later died in this 2005 file photo. (Wausau Daily Herald file photo)
Shaken baby cases are being re-examined after Audrey Edmunds, a former Madison-area woman convicted in a shaken baby case, was freed from prison in 2008 after an appeals court ruled she should have a new trial.
The court said new medical information about shaken-baby syndrome called into question Edmunds' conviction and prosecutors elected to dismiss the charges against her after she served 11 years in prison.
Howard overturned a reckless homicide conviction for Quentin Louis in 2009 in a 2005 shaken baby case and ordered that Louis have a new trial based on potential new evidence. Prosecutors have appealed Howard's ruling in that case to the Court of Appeals.
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20110202/WDH0101/102020667/Judge-hears-testimony-in-shaken-baby-case-review
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