A district judge decided Tuesday there is enough evidence for Lamont Cherry to stand trial.
The man from Wilkes-Barre has been charged with the beating death of his girlfriend's baby. He is facing a trial on a homicide charge.
Police said in May Cherry was watching his girlfriend's one-year-old daughter, Zalaiya McCloe at a home on Carlisle Street.
When the child's mother returned home, she told investigators, the baby was changing colors and not breathing.
In court a forensic expert testified little Zalayia was killed, spanked and beaten, her skull fractured in several places. There was bruising on her neck and the back of her head.
A police detective testified when asked about what happened, Cherry said he didn't know.
Lamont Cherry is locked up at the Luzerne County jail awaiting a formal arraignment in county court.
Zalaiya McCloe's family had no comment on Tuesday's ruling.
The man from Wilkes-Barre has been charged with the beating death of his girlfriend's baby. He is facing a trial on a homicide charge.
Police said in May Cherry was watching his girlfriend's one-year-old daughter, Zalaiya McCloe at a home on Carlisle Street.
When the child's mother returned home, she told investigators, the baby was changing colors and not breathing.
In court a forensic expert testified little Zalayia was killed, spanked and beaten, her skull fractured in several places. There was bruising on her neck and the back of her head.
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Lamont Cherry is locked up at the Luzerne County jail awaiting a formal arraignment in county court.
Zalaiya McCloe's family had no comment on Tuesday's ruling.
