WILLIS v. STATE

Nos. A-7587, A-7778.

57 P.3d 688 (2002)

Kevin WILLIS and Barbara Nauska, Appellants, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

October 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen A. Murphy and Wally Tetlow, Assistant Public Defenders, and Barbara K. Brink, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant Willis.

Chet Randall, Portland, Maine, for Appellant Nauska.

Kenneth M. Rosenstein, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and STEWART, Judges.


OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Kevin Willis and Barbara Nauska were indicted for seriously injuring their two-month-old child. At six o'clock in the evening on July 17, 1997, Nauska brought the baby to the emergency room at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. The baby had a fractured skull and broken ribs.

According to medical testimony, these injuries were likely inflicted when someone grasped the infant by its chest and bashed its head against...

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