SHEPARD, Justice.
This is an appeal by Padilla from his conviction of involuntary manslaughter based on the accusation that he had beaten his four-year-old daughter to death. We affirm.
According to defendant's testimony, his four-year-old daughter had been ill and lapsed into unconsciousness on the evening of February 18, 1977. Defendant drove the child to a nearby hospital, but she was dead on arrival. When examination revealed bruises of varying age over...
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