UNITED STATES v. COLVIN

No. 79-5198.

614 F.2d 44 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elouise COLVIN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Hedicke, El Paso, Tex. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Le Roy Morgan Jahn, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, FRANK M. JOHNSON and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Elouise Colvin, seeks review of her conviction for the second degree murder of her infant daughter. Holding that evidence of other injuries was properly admitted, we affirm.

On October 4, 1977, Bobbie Shanae Colvin, defendant's fourteen month old daughter, was hospitalized with massive head injuries resulting in the child's death one week later. Testimony indicated that her death resulted from front and back head injuries...

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