HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — A Hagerstown man serving 30 years for shaking his girlfriend’s infant son to death won’t get a new trial.
The Herald-Mail reported Tuesday that a judge has denied Floyd Bingaman’s motion to re-open his case.
A jury convicted Bingaman, 26, in 2007 of involuntary manslaughter and first-degree child abuse in the death of 4-month-old Justice Myers-Cannon.
Bingaman had claimed ineffective assistance by his trial defense attorney.
The case led to the passage of a state law this year that increased the maximum penalty for first-degree child abuse resulting in death to 40 years from 30.
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