STATE v. HAWK

No. 12817.

292 N.W.2d 346 (1980)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Raymond Lewis HAWK, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

May 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael V. Black, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

Russell D. Kading of Dana, Golden, Moore & Rasmussen, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant was found guilty by a jury on a charge of second-degree manslaughter arising out of the death of Freeman Hawk, his two-year-old son. We affirm.

At trial, two doctors testified about the extent and cause of Freeman Hawk's injuries. The emergency room doctor classified Freeman Hawk as a battered child whose severe bruising precluded any type of accidental cause. The pathologist who performed the autopsy testified that Freeman Hawk died...

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