STATE v. STEVENS

Cr. No. 523.

238 N.W.2d 251 (1975)

STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Ervin Alfred STEVENS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

December 31, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Gilje, State's Atty., Stutsman County, Jamestown, for plaintiff and appellee State of North Dakota.

Vance K. Hill, Bismarck, for defendant and appellant.


VOGEL, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of first-degree manslaughter of Jonathan Whities, who was born on April 4, 1972, and died on June 2, 1974. The State contended that the defendant caused the death of Jonathan by beating. The evidence is circumstantial. In the main, it consists of evidence as to the injuries from which the child died, a showing that the injuries could have occurred during an eight-hour period when the defendant had charge of Jonathan...

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