bufflao https://www.thebatavian.com/ en https://www.thebatavian.com/themes/barrio_batavian/images/thebatavian_logo.png bufflao https://www.thebatavian.com/ Local Matters © 2008-2023 The Batavian. All Rights Reserved. Wed, 01 May 2024 18:21:37 -0400 https://www.thebatavian.com/themes/barrio_batavian/images/thebatavian_logo.png Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:53:00 -0500 Batavia mother admits she tried to smother baby https://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/howard-owens/batavia-mother-admits-she-tried-smother-baby/12876 Twenty-nine-year-old Marcia Mitchell, a mother from Batavia, admitted in a Buffalo court yesterday that she tried to smother her child while at a Buffalo-area hospital nearly two years ago.

Mitchell entered a guilty plea to the charge of attempted first-degree assault, which carries a possible prison sentence of 15 years.

The Buffalo News reports:

Mitchell was recently hospitalized for her second jailhouse suicide attempt since her arrest. She was found mentally competent to assist in her own defense by two court-appointed mental health experts, even though she has mental problems that court officials and her lawyer refuse to discuss.

]]> https://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/howard-owens/batavia-mother-admits-she-tried-smother-baby/12876#comments https://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/howard-owens/batavia-mother-admits-she-tried-smother-baby/12876 Feb 5, 2010, 7:53am bufflao Batavia mother admits she tried to smother baby Howard Owens <p>Twenty-nine-year-old Marcia Mitchell, a mother from Batavia, admitted in a Buffalo court yesterday that she tried to smother her child while at a Buffalo-area hospital nearly two years ago.</p> <p>Mitchell entered a guilty plea to the charge of attempted first-degree assault, which carries a possible prison sentence of 15 years</p>