MITCHELL BRUMFIELD, Defendant- Missouri Cases

Mitchell Brumfield appealed his convictions for abuse or neglect of a child and second-degree murder, challenging the trial court's admission of autopsy photographs and a police officer's use of a doll to demonstrate how the victim's injuries could have occurred. The appellate court affirmed the convictions. It found no abuse of discretion in admitting the autopsy photographs as they were relevant to the victim's condition and assisted the medical expert's testimony. The court also found no abuse of discretion in allowing the officer to use the doll, as he was qualified as an expert on traumatic brain injury mechanisms, and the testimony was cumulative.