Following trial, a jury convicted Sheneka Brown on one count of cruelty to children in the first degree based on her failure to seek medical treatment for her 22-month-old son after her boyfriend beat the child. Brown appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in denying her motions in limine to redact portions of a recording of her interview by police and to exclude evidence that she continued her relationship with her boyfriend after the incident. For the reasons set forth infra , we affirm. Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s guilty verdict,1 the evidence shows that on July 31, 2009, Brown and her 22-month-old son, L. B., were staying with Brown’s boyfriend, Quinton Smith, at a home that Smith shared with his mother. At some point that afternoon, Smith came into the bedroom where Brown had been sleeping and where L. B. was currently playing on the floor and told Brown that he had a headache and wanted to sleep. Subsequently, Smith told L. B. to be quiet, but when L. B. continued to play, Smith grabbed the child by his right arm, carried him over his shoulder into the kitchen, and began striking L. B. with a belt. Although she could hear Smith yelling at L. B. and striking him as the child cried, Brown did not intervene but instead asked Smith’s mother to do so. A moment or so later, Brown could hear that L. B. had stopped crying. Assuming that L. B. was okay, Brown went back to sleep without checking on him.
A few hours later, Brown woke up, walked into the kitchen, and found that L. B. was there by himself, standing in a corner. Brown then took L. B. back into the bedroom where they both went back to sleep. But an hour or so later, Brown woke up to the sound of L. B. crying as if he was hurt. After Brown asked L. B. what was wrong, L. B. indicated that his arm hurt, and Brown noticed that he had welts on his body. However, instead of seeking medical attention for L. B., Brown gave him a bath and called a friend who often babysat L. B. to see if L. B. could stay at the friend’s house for a little while. When the friend agreed, Brown dropped L. B. off at the friend’s home and then returned to Smith’s residence.
