People v. Turner

On May 10, 1965, police were called to an apartment in- Taylor, Michigan, where the body of a 22-month-old child, Rhonda Hensley, was found. The body was removed to the Wayne County morgue where an autopsy revealed the cause of death to be intracranial bleeding induced by. a skull fracture. Several weeks later, defendant was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. He was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree.

At trial, defendant did not contest the cause of death. It was his contention, however, that the injuries resulted from an accidental fall down some stairs or in a…