People v. Heslop
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Spain, J.
Defendant was charged with depraved indifference murder (see Penal Law § 125.25 [4]), stemming from the death of his four-month-old son. Trial testimony established that defendant was awakened at approximately 5:30 a.m. by his son’s cries. Unable to quiet the infant, he twice punched the baby in the head. After the second blow, he realized that the child was injured, later admitting that the skull moved and was “not solid.” When his wife awoke to the baby’s cry, defendant told her that he dropped the baby on his head but that the baby was now fine and that she…
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