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PEOPLE v. COWELL

Docket No. 11653.

44 Mich. App. 623 (1973)

205 N.W.2d 600

PEOPLE v. COWELL.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 20, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Robert F. Leonard, Prosecuting Attorney, Donald A. Kuebler, Chief, Appellate Division, and Martin F. Palus, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Larry R. Farmer, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for defendant.

Before: BRONSON, P.J., and R.B. BURNS and DANHOF, JJ.

DANHOF, J.

The defendant was convicted of manslaughter. MCLA 750.321; MSA 28.553. He now appeals and we affirm.

The defendant took the stand and testified that on July 29, 1970, he was caring for the five-month-old daughter of his fiancee. He stated that the baby was crying and that in an attempt to get the child to stop he began to bounce her on the bed. According to the defendant the motion of the baby as it bounced on the bed was like that of a "super ball...

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