The Miami mother sentenced to death for the infamous 1990 murder of her young son is appealing her conviction.
Ana Maria Cardona, 50, is appealing her murder conviction to the Florida Supreme Court, a month and a half after she was was put on death row for the murder of 3-year-old Lazaro "Baby Lollipops" Figueroa.
The justices issued a scheduling order and designated the case as high profile Thursday.
The case against Cardona began in November 1990, when a child's lifeless body was found in the bushes in front of a Miami Beach mansion. The unidentified boy had been starved, beaten, bitten, his bones broken and his body dumped.
Police called him "Baby Lollipops" for the design on his shirt. He was later identified as Figueroa.
Cardona was already convicted and sentenced to die in 1992 for the gruesome murder, but the conviction was later overturned.
Last year, Cardona was found guilty for the second time, and a jury recommended the death sentence. A Miami-Dade judge agreed with the jury.
