Defendant, convicted of manslaughter in the second degree in connection with the death of his live-in girlfriend's 22-month-old daughter, now appeals. Initially, we reject defendant's attack on the sufficiency of the trial evidence. The medical experts who testified at trial were united in their opinion that the cause of death was an accumulation of blood in the victim's pericardium from a 0.6-inch tear in her heart, caused by a severe blunt...
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