A man convicted of abusing his infant son has filed an appeal. Jonathan Snow, who was given 41 years in prison by a Baxter County Circuit Court jury in October last year for inflicting serious injuries on his then three-week-old infant son.The case is being considered by the Arkansas Court of Appeals. Snow alleges the trial court in Baxter County erred in denying two motions for a directed verdict of not guilty made during his trial, contending his conviction rested solely on an inadequate amount of circumstantial evidence.
In the appeal, Snow’s lawyer, Gary Potts of Monticello, writes there were no witnesses to any alleged criminal acts on the part of his client, and none of the state’s witnesses could testify as to who actually caused the extensive injuries to the infant,
Jonathan Snow’s attorney contends if fault is attributed to the parents of the child, it is more likely the mother, Alyssia Kirby-Snow, who is the wrongdoer. He writes Alyssia Kirby-Snow lost custody of one of her five children due to drug problems.
Jonathan Snow is currently an inmate at the Delta Regional Unit of the state prison system at Dermott.