CONVICTION OVERTURNED CA - Mirabelle Thao-Lo, 7 wks, killed in microwave oven, Sacramento, 17 March 2011

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http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article50492270.html

The Sacramento-area woman convicted of killing her 2-month-old daughter in a microwave oven was sentenced Friday to 26 years to life.

 

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Conviction overturned in 2021.

Murder Conviction Reversed for Woman Who Killed Her Infant in Microwave | Law Commentary

The heartbreaking story of a woman who killed her six-week-old daughter by putting her in a microwave oven took a new twist when a California Court of Appeal reversed her conviction due to the improper admission of medical evidence to explain her tragic actions. Was defendant Ka Yang’s behavior...

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Was defendant Ka Yang’s behavior due to epilepsy, or was it a result of postpartum depression? Attorneys for the 29-year-old defendant presented evidence of her history of seizures, while the prosecution presented expert witnesses who attributed the murder to “baby blues,” or a common disorder after childbirth that can cause mood swings, anxiety, and insomnia.

Acting Presiding Justice Elena Duarte of the Third Appeal District of the State of California, called this “an excruciatingly tragic case.” She ruled on the defendant’s appeal on July 28 when she reversed Yang’s first-degree murder conviction. She wrote that the expert testimony about postpartum depression was not harmless error and was improperly admitted because it included medical records not directly related to relevant medical issues. Duarte wrote, “The issue was and needed to remain whether the killing was the product of the seizure disorder.”

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State Appeals Court reverses conviction of Sacramento microwave murder mother in 'excruciatingly tragic case'

The Sacramento County District Attorney's office has not released the case's current disposition.

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Decision from FindLaw
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/2138506.html