State v. Padilla

SHEPARD, Justice.

This is an appeal by Padilla from his conviction of involuntary manslaughter based on the accusation that he had beaten his four-year-old daughter to death. We affirm.

According to defendant’s testimony, his four-year-old daughter had been ill and lapsed into unconsciousness on the evening of February 18, 1977. Defendant drove the child to a nearby hospital, but she was dead on arrival. When examination revealed bruises of varying age over a large part of her body, together with a broken arm, police officers were called.

A number of persons were assembled at the Aberdeen City…