COMMONWEALTH v. ROBINSON


399 Mass. 209 (1987)

503 N.E.2d 654

COMMONWEALTH vs. JANICE ROBINSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. O'Connell, III (Constance M. Sweeney & Lisa C. deSousa with him) for the defendant.

John A. Kiernan, Assistant District Attorney (Robert N. Tochka, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

The defendant was indicted in Suffolk County on May 23, 1984, for manslaughter in connection with the death of her eleven month old son. While hospitalized at Children's Hospital in Boston for "failure to thrive," the child suddenly became critically ill on March 3, 1984. Tests revealed a dangerously high level of sodium chloride (sodium) in the child's blood and in his formula. Dr. David Perlmutter, the staff...

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