OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE NIX, March 16, 1973:
When the appellant, Edmund Paquette brought his 6 1/2-month old daughter to the emergency room of the Mercy Hospital, on January 31, 1970, she was cyanotic, blue in color, and had no respiration or heartbeat. As the child's life functions returned, bruise marks on her forehead and chin became evident. She died four days later.
The appellant was charged with murder and was tried before a judge, sitting without a jury...
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