Sudden Infant Syndrome Case 

1. Here are the Facts of the case you need to locate:

a mother is prosecuted for suffocating her infant child. the mother alleges that the infant died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - "SIDS". The state wants to rely on statistics to and utilizing the "product rule" to show that the infant could not have died from SIDS. Maryland Appellate Court - 2002 -  

2. Give the complete case citation - i.e. Name of parties, volume number, name of case reporter, page number (date case decided) -  the case will have a citation similar to this  name v. name, xxx Md. xxx (2002), xxx A. 2d xxx

3. State the name of the party who won the case - i.e. the actual name - not "plaintiff"

4. Give the Court rule (in your own words) - use the "key legal words" used by the court in deciding the case - or the key "case precedent" - if it used an earlier case in deciding this case

5. Give the reasoning or rationale of the court used in resolving the case (in your own words)

now post your work under "assignments"

Good luck. Prof J.