State v. Loss

Todd, Justice.

Defendant appeals from the judgment and from the denial of his motion for a judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the ver diet, or, alternatively, for a new trial following his conviction for manslaughter in the first degree, Minn. St. 609.20. Defendant contends that the circumstantial evidence in this case, including the use of medical testimony regarding the “battered child syndrome” and the “battering parent syndrome,” does not form a complete chain leading directly to his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and that it was improper to receive evidence regarding the syndromes. We…