People v. Orcutt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtSpain, J.
On the evening of October 20, 1998, defendant was at home with his girlfriend, Tanya Smith, when he found their eight-month-old daughter in her crib with a blanket covering her head, unresponsive and apparently not breathing. Defendant and Smith had been home all afternoon with the baby and their three other young children (two were from Smith’s prior marriage). The baby was taken by ambulance to the hospital and pronounced dead shortly thereafter. During questioning the next day by a State Police senior investigator, defendant ultimately signed a written statement admitting that he had…
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