A father serving time for severely injuring his daughter seven years ago was ordered held without bail on murder charges Wednesday following her death in November.
Prosecutors said Jamall Robinson violently shook and dropped his 2-month-old daughter to the floor to quiet her, causing injuries that led to her death years later.
Robinson was serving time for his conviction for aggravated battery to a child when his daughter, Jameail Robinson, died. He was due to be paroled this month but will now remain in jail until the murder case can go to trial.
Joseph Kennelly, an assistant public defender appointed to represent Robinson, said he disagreed with the no-bail decision because he thinks the prosecution needed to show that Robinson posed a current threat.
Jameail Robinson’s story was one of tragedy after her injuries. As a result of the violence, she suffered from spastic cerebral palsy, severe mental retardation, visual impairment and seizures, prosecutors said. She remained in foster homes until her death.
Her immediate cause of death was pneumonia, the result of the head injury she suffered when her father dropped her, prosecutors contended. A medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, blunt trauma at the hands of another, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said that in August 2002, the baby was crying when Robinson returned home from a night out. He is accused of throwing her into the air to quiet her down. After she fell onto the floor, he picked her up and shook her, prosecutors said.
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