State v. Hedin

Ward, J.†

— Robert R. Humiston, age 23, was convicted of second degree assault committed upon Shawn Humiston, his 2-year-old son. Codefendant, Ramona Hedin, was tried separately before the court without a jury, and convicted of third degree assault.

On December 4, 1963, Ramona Hedin took the child to the office of a qualified pediatrician in Seattle. He examined the child and found a swelling over the mastoid area “about two and one-half by three by five inches, quite a large half an orange size mass.” On December 5, 1963, x-rays of the area were taken disclosing a fracture of the occipital…